Richard Davidson,the William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and founder of the middle for Healthy Minds at the Waisman middle, or joins us to discuss his book Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your intellect,Brain, and Body. Davidson and his co-author Daniel Goleman dispel common misconceptions approximately meditation and explain how mental exercises can produce real payoffs and lasting personality traits.
Richard Davidson will appear at 7 p.m. on Oct. 3 at the New York Society For Ethical Culture (2 West 64th St., and at Central Park West) for an event titled "The Untold narrative of America's Mindfulness Movement: Then,Now & the Future."Note: Marry Harris guest-hosted this segment of "The Leonard Lopate Show."
Source: thetakeaway.org