Mental Training: Impact on Neuronal, Cognitive and Emotional Plasticity

Mental Training: Impact on Neuronal, Cognitive and Emotional Plasticity

This Dialogue was part of the grand opening of the Center for Healthy Minds. Moderated by Richard Davidson, the session presents in the style of a working lab meeting offering updates for the Dalai Lama on the latest scientific discoveries. Presenters outlined recent research findings while exploring various questions, obstacles, and challenges in a wide ranging discussion. 

Dialogue Sessions

Session – Mental Training: Impact on Neuronal, Cognitive and Emotional Plasticity

As part of the grand opening of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, the Dalai Lama, along with contemplatives and contemplative scholars, engaged in a dialogue with scientists envisioned in the style of a working lab meeting.

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Participants

Honorary Board Chair
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Interpreter
  • Thupten Jinpa, PhD
  • Alan Wallace, PhD
Coordinators
  • Richard J. Davidson, PhD
Speakers
  • Thupten Jinpa, PhD
  • John Dunne, PhD
  • Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD
  • Antoine Lutz, PhD
  • Matthieu Ricard, PhD
  • Sharon Salzberg
  • Clifford Saron, PhD