Richie Davidson: New Frontiers for Creating Healthy Minds

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Dr. Richard Davidson is a world-renowned research professor, director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds. His research focuses on the neurological basis of emotion and its effects on everyday behavior. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Davidson about the exciting frontiers being explored by neurology, including how regular contemplative practice can change the structure of the brain. They also talk about curious discoveries in the field of epigenetics and other studies conducted by the Center for Healthy Minds. Finally, Dr. Davidson discusses what he's learned about cultivating well-being through his years spent investigating the brain. (59 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, guest is Dr. Richard Davidson.
0:45.0	Ritchie, as he is known by friends and associates, is a research professor of psychology and psychiatry, director of the Weisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and
0:56.6	Behavior, and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds.
1:01.3	He was named one of the hundred most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2006.
1:08.0	His research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to
1:16.7	promote human flourishing including meditation and related
1:20.8	contemplative practices.
1:23.0	His studies have included persons of all ages, from birth through old age, and have also
1:28.8	included individuals with disorders of emotion, such as mood and anxiety disorders and autism,
1:36.0	as well as expert meditation practitioners with tens of thousands of hours of experience.
1:43.9	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:46.4	Ritchie and I spoke about what we know and don't know
1:50.6	at this point in time about how meditation practice changes the brain.
1:56.6	We also talked about new neuroscientific research studies currently being conducted at the Center for Healthy Minds in the area of
2:05.6	epigenetics and also in the area of bringing contemplative practice on a wide
2:11.2	scale into daily activities. And finally,
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