http://www.metafilter.com/tags/neuroplasticity Posts tagged with 'neuroplasticity' at MetaFilter. Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:47:10 -0800 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:47:10 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/63926/A%2DNovelist%2Din%2DShadowland <a href="http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su07/mem-west.html">"Mem, mem, mem."</a> A fascinating memoir of global aphasia -- total language loss -- following a stroke, by British poet and novelist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_West_%28poet%29">Paul West</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63926 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:47:10 -0800 aphasia casehistory dianeackerman fiction memoir neuroplasticity paulwest poetry stroke digaman http://www.metafilter.com/60708/Slates%2Dspecial%2Dissue%2Don%2Dthe%2Dbrain <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2165001/">Brains!</a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60708 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:31:00 -0800 Brain Ecstasy Evolution MirrorNeurons Neuroplasticity Neuroscience Neurotheology Pseudoscience Religion Science homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/49414/Meditators%2Dhave%2Dbigger%2Dbrains <a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/01/23-meditation.html">Meditation found to increase brain size</a> (<a href=http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/02/sara_lazar_on_the_ne.html>maybe</a>) according to <a href=http://lazar-meditation-research.info/>research</a> led by Harvard neuroscientist <a href=http://www.sci-con.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=238>Sara Lazar</a>. Meanwhile, <a href=http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/200512_an_atheist_manifesto/><i>Atheist Manifesto</i></a> author <a href=http://www.samharris.org/>Sam Harris</a> recently went on a <a href=http://www.dharma.org/ims/index.htm>meditation retreat</a> and seemed to <a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-harris/a-contemplative-science_b_15024.html>find it pleasant enough</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49414 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:24:36 -0800 Atheism Brain Buddhism GrayMatter Meditation Neuroplasticity Neuroscience Science Testicles homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/37021/Meditation%2Dand%2Dneuroplasticity <a href="http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma8/monksmed.html">Meditation and neuroplasticity.</a> A new <a href=http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/0407401101v1.pdf>study</a> (PDF)</a> describes the changes in the brains of <a href=http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/news/davidson11.html>Buddhist monks</a>, using <a href=http://www.functionalmri.org/>fMRI</a> to scan their brains while they practice <a href=http://www.shambhalasun.com/revolving_themes/HHDL/compassion.htm>compassion</a> meditation. The project was a collaboration between the <a href=http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/>University</a> of <a href=http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/>Wisconsin</a> and the <a href=http://www.shechen.org/sub_mon_nepal.html>Shechen Monastery</a> in Nepal. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37021 Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:04:33 -0800 Buddhism Compassion Meditation Metta Neuroplasticity Neuroscience homunculus