Contemplative Neuroscience and the Teaching of Writing: Mindfulness as Mental Training
Journal for Expanded Perspectives on Learning January 1, 2017 DOI: 10.7290/jaepl226yzz (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractContemplative science investigates how mental and physical training practices, including mindfulness meditation and tai chi, affect the body, brain, and mind across different stages of life. This transdisciplinary field aims to expand knowledge about human plasticity and to develop new services that optimize human development.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Mindfulness meditation tai chi |
| Keywords | Psychology Education |
| Key finding | Contemplative science seeks to understand the effects of mental and physical training on human plasticity and to generate new forms of services that optimize development. |
Abstract
Contemplative science is a transdisciplinary project aimed at understanding the effects of various kinds of mental and physical training (such as mindfulness meditation and tai chi) on the body, brain, and mind at different stages of the lifespan. As such, the goals of contemplative science are to create new knowledge regarding human plasticity and to generate new forms of human services that optimize development.1