ALLAHABAD: A galaxy of world famend names, from several of the Indian and global institutions operating in the field of cognitive science, threw gentle in the intricacies of yoga, meditation and the way it controls the human brain on the global conference, held at centre of behavioural and cognitive sciences (CBCS), Allahabad University which concluded on Tuesday.
Delivering the opening remarks Prof BN Gangadhar, director, NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences), Bengaluru emphasised on the medical implications of meditative. Dr Patricia Jennings from University of Virginia, spoke about CARE (cultivating consciousness and resilience in training), a certified developmental program that mixes conscious consciousness and compassion practices to help academics take care of the challenging surroundings of the study room. Prof Stephen Anthony Parker, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, discussed the benefits of Yoga-Nidra and Prof Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan from Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, Italy, discussed the effects of movement meditation on prerequisites like dyslexia.
Likewise, a meditation session used to be conducted via Dr Stephen Parker of the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Work from director CBCS, Prof N Srinivasan’s lab highlighted the effect of meditation on attention, temporal and perceptual reports. Dr Antonino Raffone, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, presented neuroimaging research executed with EEG, MEG and fMRI highlighting the purposeful neuroplasticity related to meditation expertise.
KK Deepak, from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, discussed the physiological and purposeful adjustments brought about via meditation comparable to low ranges of cytokines in meditators which is related with enhanced cognitive efficiency. Kalden Gyatso, from Sera Jay Monastic University, India, presented the primary formal learn about conducted on the Monastic University.
He presented preliminary evidence for larger brain wave synchrony between two clergymen while they interact in monastic debate. Dr Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen, Netherlands, while presenting her work emphasised on the significance of computational modelling in figuring out the underlying mechanisms of meditation.
The team discussed how mediation can be utilized to study more than a few psychological processes and the way it can also be used as a tool for the betterment of the society in relation to social wellbeing, training and medical interventions used to be also executed at CBCS, AU.
Delivering the opening remarks Prof BN Gangadhar, director, NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences), Bengaluru emphasised on the medical implications of meditative. Dr Patricia Jennings from University of Virginia, spoke about CARE (cultivating consciousness and resilience in training), a certified developmental program that mixes conscious consciousness and compassion practices to help academics take care of the challenging surroundings of the study room. Prof Stephen Anthony Parker, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, discussed the benefits of Yoga-Nidra and Prof Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan from Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, Italy, discussed the effects of movement meditation on prerequisites like dyslexia.
Likewise, a meditation session used to be conducted via Dr Stephen Parker of the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Work from director CBCS, Prof N Srinivasan’s lab highlighted the effect of meditation on attention, temporal and perceptual reports. Dr Antonino Raffone, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, presented neuroimaging research executed with EEG, MEG and fMRI highlighting the purposeful neuroplasticity related to meditation expertise.
KK Deepak, from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, discussed the physiological and purposeful adjustments brought about via meditation comparable to low ranges of cytokines in meditators which is related with enhanced cognitive efficiency. Kalden Gyatso, from Sera Jay Monastic University, India, presented the primary formal learn about conducted on the Monastic University.
He presented preliminary evidence for larger brain wave synchrony between two clergymen while they interact in monastic debate. Dr Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen, Netherlands, while presenting her work emphasised on the significance of computational modelling in figuring out the underlying mechanisms of meditation.
The team discussed how mediation can be utilized to study more than a few psychological processes and the way it can also be used as a tool for the betterment of the society in relation to social wellbeing, training and medical interventions used to be also executed at CBCS, AU.
International conference on meditation held at Allahabad University
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