by Rick Hanson | Mar 3, 2007 | Brain Basics, Neurodharma
© Rick Hanson, PhD, 2007 Introduction This is a summary of the key features and functions of your brain. For more information, check out the resources on the WiseBrain website. Complexity Although your brain isn’t heavy – about three pounds of soft, gooshy tissue like...
by Rick Hanson | Feb 28, 2007 | Neurodharma, Relationships
© Rick Hanson, Ph.D., 2007 Introduction This article is adapted from a talk given at James Baraz’s Awakening Joy class, 9/26/07 (audio posted here: Empathy), and it considers four questions: What is empathy? How did the capacities for empathy evolve? What’s...
by Rick Hanson | Jan 8, 2007 | Well-Being
© Rick Hanson, Ph.D., 2007 For many of us, the holiday season is a mixed bag. It is a joyful time of year, when families and friends gather in celebration to reaffirm their love and commitment to one another. It can also be a nostalgic time, when we feel our losses...
by Rick Hanson | Dec 15, 2006 | Buddhist Wisdom
“I teach one thing: Suffering and its end.” ~ The Buddha Introduction The Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Buddha’s Noble Truths, and he described it as the way that leads to the uprooting of the causes of suffering, and thus to increasingly stable and...
by Rick Hanson | Jul 16, 2006 | Brain Basics, Neurodharma
The Neurology of Awakening: Using the New Brain Research to Deepen Your Practice – Glossary © Rick Hanson, Ph.D. and Rick Mendius, M.D., 2006 Neuroscience Neuron – The nerve cell that processes information Dendrite—the “antenna” of the neuron, receives...
