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SUMMARY:Learning\, Stress and Integrated Brain-functioning: States of Cons
 ciousness Explored via Meditation Practice - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20090429T170000Z
DTEND:20090429T190000Z
UID:TALK17439@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:13411
DESCRIPTION:Seminar with Dr Fred Travis\, widely published researcher in t
 he effects of meditation on brain development\, especially coherence withi
 n the association cortex\, and its implication for physical and mental wel
 l-being. Live EEG reading during the session.\n\n"I am interested in the u
 pper tail of the distribution of human experiences and their associated br
 ain patterns. My research combines interview data\,standard psychological 
 tests\, and EEG and PET measures.\n\nOur recent work investigates brain pa
 tterns and subjective experiences of individuals reporting the experience 
 of enlightenment\, and the construction and validation of a brain based sc
 ale--the Brain Integration Scale--to monitor growth of higher states of co
 nsciousness.\n\nWhat is unique about Transcendental Meditation when compar
 ed with other programmes is restful alertness--wakefulness without content
 .  This is associated with 1) frontal alpha coherence\, 2) frontal-posteri
 or alpha coherence in EEG\, and 3) frontal and parietal increases in cereb
 ral metabolic rate and decreases in thalamic metabolic rate in neural imag
 ing."\n\nNibbles from 5:30pm\n\nOrganised by Prof (Emeritus) Simon Maddrel
 l from the Department of Zoology\n\nBooking and enquiries\, Patrice Gladwi
 n: 01223 570873\n
LOCATION:Gonville and Caius College\,
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