TEDxBrownUniversity - Willoughby Britton - Why A Neuroscientist Would Study Meditation
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Uploaded by TEDxTalks on Jul 26, 2011
In this TEDxTalk, Professor Willoughby Britton tells us that happiness is not about getting what you want. She discusses our mental qualities as habits we practice and she sheds light on an important link between neuroscience and contemplative studies.
Britton received a B.A. in Neuroscience from Colgate University in 1996 and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona in 2007. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the role of variations in conscious states in the intersection between affective neuroscience, clinical science and religion. See her full bio and learn more about this event at the TEDxBrownUniversity website (http://www.brown.edu/web/tedx/).
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Didn't mention the word meditation.
Good lecture tho
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@Haseeb2 This book expounded on the idea of happiness being directly linked to how much we are able to put ourselves "in the zone". If anyone knows the author and complete title of that book, please let me know. Thank you.
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@madhur1002 She stumbled a few times and I think she should have used the word "disinhibition" instead of trying to explain what the prefrontal cortex does in a round and about way. But I did like what she had to say overall.
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No content in the talk...few technically wrong terms...confused ideas...
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Is there a source where transcription of TED Talks are available for the befit of Hearing impaired?
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tldr - think positive and be positive... this is new, lol
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nicely done
-currently doing 2nd year of a level but really want to be a neuroscientist
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@zerokiller000: Where was the bs in that talk?
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Would.
HI NEOGAF!
briefcasemanx 6 months ago 19
Great talk! Need more like it.
PatchworkCoatMan 5 months ago 3