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Many of us get into meditation because we want to be calmer, less stressed and less yanked around by our emotions, but sometimes there are unwanted effects. Brown University researchers Willoughby Britton, an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, and Jared Lindahl, a visiting assistant professor of religious studies, published a new study today on the wide range of difficult experiences and challenges meditators they interviewed said they faced in their practice.
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Brittan and Lindahl's website: https://www.brown.edu/research/labs/britton/
Study website: https://www.brown.edu/research/labs/britton/research/varieties-contemplative-experience
PLOS ONE: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/
Referenced: Listen to Sam Harris on 10% Happier - Episode #71
Referenced: Willoughby's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR8TjCncvIw
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* ABOUT DAN HARRIS: Dan Harris is co-anchor of "Nightline" and the weekend edition of "Good Morning America" on ABC News. In 2014, Harris published the book, "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress without Losing My Edge and Found Self-Help That Actually Works." It went to #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List and then became an app, designed to teach meditation to skeptics.
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