Research
Andreas de Bruin
transcript Verlag eBooks October 27, 2021 DOI: 10.1515/9783839456965-008 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that mindfulness and meditation have demonstrable positive effects in managing emotions and can influence or restructure areas of the brain. |
Abstract
a meeting was held in which the Dalai Lama and several monks spent a week engaging in extensive dialogue with Western scientists.These dialogues are recorded in the book: Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them?A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama written by Daniel Goleman -who is also the author of the book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, and also brought this expression into mainstream use.The Mind and Life team was able to prove that mindfulness and meditation approaches have demonstrable positive effects in managing emotions.Numerous scientific studies have now been conducted in the laboratories of the Mind and Life researchers.Not only does mindfulness and meditation relax the mind and body, it's also been found to influence and sometimes even restructure areas of the brain.