Richard J. Davidson Knihy

Zášť, závist a fanatismus provází lidstvo již od samého počátku. Kde se v člověku tyto destruktivní emoce vlastně berou? Je vůbec v lidských schopnostech je překonat? Zdá se, že čím více lidé sledují pouze hmotný prospěch a přehlíží uspokojení pocházející z vnitřního růstu, tím rychleji ze společnosti mizí etické hodnoty. Buddhistická filozofie se otázkou transformace destruktivních emocí zabývá již po staletí (transformace destruktivních emocí je zde tradičně klíčovým momentem duchovní praxe). Pohled dnešních špičkových odborníků, kteří s pomocí nejnovějších vysoce specializovaných přístrojů zkoumají lidský mozek a jeho funkce, dává duchovním naukám v mnohém za pravdu....

The twenty-three contributions in Brain Asymmetry provide a comprehensive survey of modern research on laterality and brain asymmetry, showcasing new approaches and novel domains in which knowledge of the asymmetrical functioning of the brain is a key issue for the complete understanding of the phenomenon. Of particular note is the inclusion of material on laterality, learning, attention, and emotion and their relation to subcortical and peripheral structures and processes. In addition, the clinical relevance of brain asymmetry for neuropsychological and psychopathological practice is surveyed.

This is an illustrated pocket guide to identifying and dating furniture for collectors. Each double-page spread is devoted to a particular item and gives a question-and-answer guide to identification, followed by a detailed analysis. There are notes on fakes and restorations. The guide features analyses of individual types of furniture, organized by category and period, from America, England and the continent. Special spreads are given over to woods, legs and feet, handles, pediments and mouldings. Special categories include drawered furniture, seat furniture, tables, writing furniture, bookcases and cabinets, mirrors and beds. A companion checklist of art deco antiques is published simultaneously.

How to retrain our brain to improve our emotional behaviour by pioneering neuroscientist

Draws on studies with leading neuroscience researchers and the Dalai Lama to examine the health benefits of meditation, in a transcript of a scientific conference at Washington, D.C.'s Mind and Life Institute that explores the mind's capacity for influencing physical disease.

Sweeps away the misconceptions around mindfulness and other forms of meditation, showing how smart practice can change our personal traits and even our genome for the better. Goleman and Davidson reveal what we can learn from a one-of-a-kind data pool that includes world-class meditators. They share for the first time findings that show how meditation--without drugs or high expense--can cultivate qualities such as selflessness, equanimity, love and compassion, and redesign our neural circuitry

Drawing on cutting-edge research, friends and Harvard collaborators Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson expertly reveal what we can learn from a one-of-a-kind data pool that includes world-class meditators. They share for the first time remarkable findings that show how meditation - without drugs or high expense - can cultivate qualities such as selflessness, equanimity, love and compassion, and redesign our neural circuitry. Demonstrating two master thinkers at work,The Science of Meditationexplains precisely how mind training benefits us. More than daily doses or sheer hours, we need smart practice, including crucial ingredients such as targeted feedback from a master teacher and a more spacious worldview. These two bestselling authors sweep away the misconceptions around these practices and show how smart practice can change our personal traits and even our genome for the better. Gripping in its storytelling and based on a lifetime of thought and action, this is one of those rare books that has the power to change us at the deepest level.

Медитація дає нам не лише приємне відчуття спокою, а й допомагає сформувати нові риси, які залишаються з нами надовго. Однак вона оповита міфами, поверховими знаннями й упередженнями. Науковий журналіст Деніел Ґоулман і нейронауковець Річард Девідсон багато років вивчали медитацію через призму науки, аналізуючи, який вплив може мати медитація не лише на психологічний стан, а й на фізіологію. Автори показують, як тривала практика впливає на нашу свідомість і функції мозку, аналізуючи коли медитація працює, а коли — ні, і чи допоможе цей метод абсолютно всім.