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"This sequel to the widely read Zen and the Brain continues James Austin's explorations into the key interrelationships between Zen Buddhism and brain research. In Zen-Brain Reflections, Austin, a clinical neurologist, researcher, and Zen practitioner, examines the evolving psychological processes and brain changes associated with the path of long-range meditative training. Austin draws not only on the latest neuroscience research and new neuroimaging studies but also on Zen literature and his personal experience with alternate states of consciousness. Zen-Brain Reflections takes up where the…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2006MIT Press · 586 pages · 9780262012232
ConsciousnessMeditationPsychologyPsysiological aspectsReligious aspectsReligious aspects of ConsciousnessZen BuddhismConscience
