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Zara Houshmand

1 paper in the library · 9 citations · publishing 2002

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Training the Mind: First Steps in a Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Neuroscientific Research

Oxford University Press eBooks January 17, 2002 Zara Houshmand, Anne Harrington, Clifford D Saron et al. 9 citations

This chapter sees into the mountain slopes of the Himalayas, where Tibetan monks who have spent many years in training and learning Buddhist philosophy and psychology, live in a retreat far from the secular world. These well educated monks have taken the brave step of joining forces with scientists to help with the understanding of how hours of meditation can have a substantial effect on...