Friday09 Nov 07:57 AM

Contemplation + Emptiness: Classroom Deprogramming

Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin neuroscientist and among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People for 2006, is spearheading a national pilot study on the effects of contemplation in the classroom: "The brain can change in response to training," he says, dismissing any notion of unwarranted mind control. "I think this is actually deprogramming" children from media influence and "returning the mind to its natural, unprogrammed state." Link. -[SA]

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