Contemplative Practices and Mental Training: Prospects for American Education
Child Development Perspectives April 23, 2012 Richard J. Davidson, John D. Dunne, Jacquelynne S Eccles et al. 320 citations
Drawing upon research in neuroscience, cognitive science, developmental psychology and education, as well as scholarship from contemplative traditions concerning the cultivation of positive development, we highlight a set of mental skills and socio-emotional dispositions that we believe are central to the aims of education in the 21(st) century. These include self-regulatory skills associated...