Dr. Philippe Goldin, our November speaker on the Neuroscience of Meditation, is looking for healthy controls in an upcoming study. More info below.
We are looking for healthy controls (no history of any psychiatric conditions) with these criteria: age can be +-2 years in either direction. We pay controls $200 for about 6-7 hours of assessment.
45 y.o. caucasian man, Masters degree
43 y.o. caucasian man, Masters degree
43 y.o. african-american man, Bachelors degree
28 y.o. Indian man, Masters degree
25 y.o. pacific islander (filipino) man, some college
46 y.o. caucasian woman, some college
49 y.o. caucasian …

Pics and Videos from the Neuroscience of meditation event are up on the website. As always, you can watch snippets of the video on YouTube as well.
In addition, Phillippe has provided some pdfs for your reading pleasure:
Article from Science Magazine on meeting of buddhist monks and neuroscientists
Australian Journal Review Paper on Mindfullness Pyschotherapies
Overview of Mindfullness from Journal of Clinical Pyschology
Short Paper on Emotion Regulation
Paper on Suicide Prevention using Mindfullness
And finally, an attendee recorded a podcast of the event. Here’s some more links:
Podcast + Blog Recap of the event from attendee