Neuroscience Mindfulness

How does a neural network become a brain? While neurobiologists investigate how nature accomplishes this feat, computer scientists interested in AI strive to achieve this through technology. The Self-Assembling Brain tells the stories of both fields, exploring the historical and modern approaches taken by the scientists pursuing answers to the quandary: What information is necessary to make an intelligent neural network? As Peter Robin Hiesinger argues, "the information problem" underlies both fields.

"Les esprits t'enseigneront", lui avait dit la chamane Enkhetuya au temps de son initiation en Mongolie au début des années 2000. Au cours des deux décennies qui ont suivi l'expérience chamanique s'est muée hors de l'écosystème traditionnel tsaatan en un extraordinaire voyage au cœur de la transe et de son expérimentation scientifique.

An interdisciplinary deep dive into Buddhist jhāna meditation and how it can transform our understanding of self and consciousness.

Primer nivel de una serie de tres para introducir en la práctica de Mindfulness a los adultos educadores como agentes multiplicadores y llegar a los niños y los adolescentes.

Vous avez du mal à contrôler vos pensées et souhaitez entamer immédiatement un voyage vers la pleine conscience pour retrouver clarté, paix et joie ? La neuroplasticité du cerveau, c'est-à-dire sa capacité à s'adapter et à changer en fonction de nos nouvelles expériences, nous permet de recadrer la manière dont nous pratiquons la pleine conscience.

Non perdere questa opportunità di alterare la neuroplasticità del tuo cervello in modo da poter sperimentare uno stato di consapevolezza eliminando preoccupazioni e paure dalla tua giornata.

‘Why am I like this?’ If you’ve asked this question to yourself quietly time and again… get ready to unpack and process like never before. Embark on a textured journey that will illuminate the hidden, unspoken and often unconscious experiences of the traumatized self. Chapter by chapter...

Fight insomnia with simple yoga poses, meditations, and breathwork that will help you sleep better, longer—from a master yoga trainer and the author of Yoga Sequencing and Teaching Yoga. Although modern science has unraveled some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states...

In The Laughter Effect, Ros Ben-Moshe provides a roadmap to tap into the lighter side of life with laughter therapy. Ben-Moshe shares tips and tools to achieve an intentional state of being she calls the Laughter Effect—a way to elevate mindfulness, gratitude, and self-compassion. When used regularly, it enhances resilience to stress, enabling you to respond to adversity and bounce forward with humor, levity, and grace.

A clear path to overcoming uncertainty, perfectionism, and fears of rejection so you can finally find peace with the past and create a happier, healthier future “Poppy’s powerful approach will help you take control of your thoughts so they don’t control you.”—Lori Gottlieb, New York...

ADHD Breakthrough for Women is your guide out of chaos and into clarity, designed to help you understand your extraordinary mind and seize the life you deserve. This is your moment to turn the page and start a new chapter, one where your ADHD is not a barrier but a path to personal greatness.

Bridging cutting-edge neuroscience and ancient meditation tools, Fit Mind is a practical guide to unlocking our highest potential for well-being in everyday life. Our minds rarely savor the present. Instead, they replay painful memories, spiral into needless worries, mildly panic when the Wi-Fi...

Angstgefühle sind im weitesten Sinne eine Gewohnheit des Gehirns–sagt der New York Times Bestsellerautor und Psychiater Judson Brewer. Um dieser fatalen Gewohnheit zu entkommen, die sich oft mit Alltagssüchten wie ständigem Naschen oder Handychecken tarnt, hat der Neurowissenschaftler ein Schritt-für-Schritt-Programm entwickelt, mit dessen Hilfe Betroffene aus der Angstspirale aussteigen und ihr Gehirn neu programmieren können.

Bonus: free accompanying audio guides on mindfulness meditation practices. Do you struggle with overthinking and want to begin a mindful journey to help you find clarity, peace, joy? The brain's neuroplasticity, or its ability to adapt and change as we learn from new experiences, allows us to reframe how we practice mindfulness. The miracle of mindfulness lets us develop our brain's potential and better understand ourselves.

A hard-hitting critique of how managed care and the selective use of science to privilege quick-fix therapies have undermined in-depth psychotherapy—to the detriment of patients and practitioners In recent decades there has been a decline in the quality and availability of psychotherapy in...

Why do so many beginners, both children and adults, fail to master chosen skills? The Elements of Skill was inspired by—and addresses—that question with a program based on proven techniques. The book, written by a renowned practitioner of the Alexander Technique, outlines an educational...

El autor explora el uso de herramientas espirituales como la meditación, la respiración consciente, la compasión, el perdón y la gratitud, y demuestra, con fundamentos científicos, cómo estas prácticas impactan el cerebro y mejoran nuestro bienestar.