文档介绍：James is Clinical Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience/Eastern philosophy Austin Zen-Brain Reflections
University of Missouri Health Science Center, and Reviewing Recent Developments in Meditation and States
Emeritus Professor of Neurology, University of of Consciousness
Colorado Health Science Center. Z James , .
This sequel to the widely read Zen and the Brain
E continues James Austin’s explorations into the key
interrelationships between Zen Buddhism and brain
N research. In Zen-Brain Reflections, Austin, a clinical
neurologist, researcher, and Zen practitioner, exam-
ines the evolving psychological processes and brain
B changes associated with the path of long-range med-
itative draws not only on the latest
R neuroscience research and new neuroimaging studies
but also on Zen literature and his personal experi-
A ence with alternate states of consciousness.
Zen-Brain Reflections takes up where the earlier
I book left off. It addresses such questions as: how do
placebos and acupuncture change the brain? Can
“In Zen and the Brain, James Austin quoted Einstein’s dictum that ‘Science without religion is
neuroimaging studies localize the sites where our
lame, religion without science is blind.’ Neurophysiological studies help us understand the bio- N
notions of self arise? How can the latest brain imag-
logical bases of behavior, but attempting to understand experience is a heroic pursuit. In this
ZEN-BRAIN ing methods monitor meditators more effectively?
sequel, Zen-Brain Reflections, Austin continues his quest of allowing us to better grasp how Zen
R How do long years of meditative training plus brief
practices influence and alter brain functions. His quest is plete, but in this new book enlightened states produce pivotal transformations in
he reviews and synthesizes the substantial progress that has been made in understanding the E the physiology of the brain? In many chapters