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Mindfulness – Anderson Cooper – 60 Minutes – December 14, 2014

What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain? – Tom Ireland – Scientific American – June 12, 2014

Spine Tuning: Finding Physical Evidence of How Practice Rewires the Brain – Ferris Jabr – Scientific American – April 16, 2012

Neural Responses Reveal Our Optimistic Bent – Andrea Anderson – Scientific American – April 10, 2012

A Neuroscientist’s Quest to Reverse Engineer the Human Brain – Gareth Cook – Scientific American – March 20, 2012

Buddhism, Cosmology and Evolution – John Stanley and David Loy – Huffington Post – February 26, 2012

How the Internet is Changing Our Brain – Shaahin Cheyene – Huffington Post – February 12, 2012

How to Have More Insights – David Rock – Huffington Post – February 8, 2012

Mindful Eating as Food for Thought – Jeff Gordinier – New York Times – February 7, 2012

How Exercise Benefits the Brain – Gretchen Reynolds – New York Times – November 30, 2011

Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony – Benedict Carey – New York Times – October 31, 2011

How Tanning Changes the Brain – Ahahad O’Connor – New York Times – August 12, 2011

Is Meditation the Push-Up for the Brain? Study Shows Practice May Have Potential to Change Brain’s Physical Structure – ScienceDaily – July 14, 2011

The Neurobiology of Bliss–Sacred and Profane – Sex in the brain, and what it reveals about the neuroscience of deep pleasure – Nadia Webb – Scientific American – July 12, 2011

Regimens: Noise Canceling, Without Headphones – Roni Caryn Rabin – New York Times – May 2, 2011

How Meditation May Change the Brain – Sindya N. Bhanoo – New York Times – January 28, 2011

Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear – Joseph Ledoux – New York Times – January 22, 2011

Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks – ScienceDaily – January 21, 2011

Buddhism Beats Depression  – Ed Halliwell – January 5, 2010

Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop – Natalie Angier – New York Times – August 17, 2009

Smile As You Read This: Language That Puts You In Touch With Your Bodily Feelings – ScienceDaily – August 15, 2009

Adult Brain Can Change Within Seconds – ScienceDaily – July 30, 2009

Lotus Therapy – Benedict Carey – The New York Times – May 27, 2008

Meditation May Increase Gray Matter – ScienceDaily – May 13, 2009

Compassion Meditation Changes The Brain – ScienceDaily – March 27, 2008

How Your Brain Looks at Race – Sharon Begley – Newsweek – March 3, 2008

Mental Reserves Keep Brains Agile – Jane E.Brody – December 11, 2007

Meditation May Fine-tune Control Over Attention – ScienceDaily – May 10, 2007

Faith in the Brain – Juju Chang and Michael Pressman – May 10, 2007

Study Suggests Meditation Can Help Train Attention – Sandra Blakeslee – May 8, 2007

The Brain on the Stand – Jeffrey Rosen – March 11, 2007

The Brain’s Secret Plans – Max Planck Society – February 12, 2007

Happiness 101 – D.T. Max – January 7, 2007

The Mystery of Consciousness – Steven Pinker – January 29, 2007

Speaking in Tongues – Benedict Carey – November 7, 2006

A Week of Silence – Daniel Siegel – November, 2006

Femme Mentale – Joe Garofoli – August 6, 2006

Finding Reality through Meditation – Ansley Roche – January 18, 2006

Meditation Builds Brain Muscles – Alison Motluk – November 15, 2005

The Movie in Your Head – Christof Koch – September 21, 2005

The Evolving Human Brain – Melissa Lee Phillips – September 9, 2005

Meditation ‘Brain Training’ Clues – BBC News – June 13, 2005

Meditation Skills of Buddhist Monks Yield Clues to Brain’s Regulation of Attention – Medical News Today – June 7, 2005

Religious Practice May Slow Alzheimer’s – Science Daily – May 1, 2005

Meditation Alters Brain Structure – By Sharon Begley – Nov. 5, 2004

New Brain Studies and Meditation – Punnadhammo Bhikku – June, 2003

Can Buddhists Transcend Mental Reservations? – Steve Connor – May 22, 2003