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	Podcast:		Upaya Zen Center
	Episode:		Richard Davidson: VARELA SYMPOSIUM: The Science of Connection, Complexity, and Emptiness (Part 2 of 8)
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		01:13:17
	Publish Date:		2019-05-28 11:00:28
	Description:		Richard Davidson discusses his groundbreaking work in neuroscience. He divides his talk into what he calls “the four components of well-being:” awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. His work explores connections between meditation and its effects on the brain, especially as it relates to these four components. One example of this kind of research is the amygdala, which is commonly associated with salience, and now, we are learning, with compassion and altruism. Newer research has established that long-term meditators have longer amygdalas. Richard Davidson, PhD William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He... More
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