During her recent visit to the Mind & Life offices in Charlottesville, social neuroscientist Dr. Tania Singer spoke as much about the heart as the brain. Singer is the director of the Department of Social Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. She is on the board …
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A Conversation with Jim Austin and Susan Bauer-Wu
Mind & Life was pleased to welcome Dr. James Austin to Charlottesville, Virginia during his visit to the area. Jim is a long-time Mind & Life Fellow and a true pioneer of contemplative science. In conversation with Mind & Life president Susan Bauer-Wu, Jim shared his wisdom and knowledge on meditation, the brain, and secrets …
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A Conversation with Jim Austin and Susan Bauer-Wu
It was accident and curiosity that led Dr. James H. Austin to a moment of awakening one day in 1974, in the form of a red Japanese maple leaf. He was in Japan, meditating in a centuries-old Zen temple, when he entered into a not-quite-sleeping, not-quite-waking state. Jim was relatively new to meditation, having begun …
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Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives at Mind & Life
Historically, the Mind & Life community has been dominated by a select and largely racially and ethnically homogenous group of scientists, scholars, and practitioners from a handful of academic institutions. This homogeneity reinforces societal imbalances and biases, running counter to Mind & Life’s mission to alleviate suffering and to promote human flourishing. Furthermore, it diminishes …
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Ubuntu/Botho Leadership: An Ocean that Rejects No River
The Mind & Life Institute Dialogue in Gaborone, Botswana this August brought together African humanitarian and spiritual leaders, scholars and healers into conversation with international neuroscientists about the African worldview of Ubuntu/Botho. Peter Bonanno, writer and learning designer on topics of spirituality and science, attended the Dialogue and shares his thoughts on the value of …
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The ever-evolving connection between culture and human biology
An Interview with Carol Worthman, Ph.D. Can you please give us a brief description of what you study? What I study with my lab is the interaction of culture and biology as they shape differential mental and physical health. Currently, we have a few studies around the world examining these interactions. For instance, we have …
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Promoting Openness and Transparency in the Contemplative Sciences
For the past two decades, a small but growing number of scientists, philosophers, and scholars of religion have been building a unique community at the crossroads of their disciplines — a place where they can push the boundaries of traditional research to shine new light on fundamental questions about the human experience. What is this …
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MLI XXXII Session 5
Session #5 of The Mind and Life XXXII Dialogue at Botho University in Gaborone, Botswana held on August 17-19, 2017. African youth presentations Donald Molosi: 6:08 Justine Hamupolo: 20:19 Landa Mabenge: 25:07 Leonard Annan: 29:39 Agostine Ndung’u: 34:03 African youth panel discussion: 43:13 Presentation by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela: 1:00:59 Panel discussion: 1:48:07 Audience Q&A: 2:07:33 Closing …
MLI XXXII Session 4
Session #4 of The Mind and Life XXXII Dialogue at Botho University in Gaborone, Botswana held on August 17-19, 2017. Presentation by Carsten de Dreu: 3:06 First panel discussion: 42:14 Presentation by Theo Sowa: 1:14:41 Second panel discussion: 1:35:58 Audience Q&A: 1:59:25 Program Description: The Botswana Dialogue brings African humanitarian and spiritual leaders, scholars and …
MLI XXXII Session 2
Session #2 of The Mind and Life XXXII Dialogue at Botho University in Gaborone, Botswana held on August 17-19, 2017. Presentation by Mandaza Kandemwa: 3:00 Panel Discussion: 39:37 Audience Q&A: 1:20:39 Program Description: The Botswana Dialogue brings African humanitarian and spiritual leaders, scholars and healers into conversation with international neuroscientists about the African worldview of …
