Dalai Lama at MIT

Anne Harrington is Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Arthur Zajonc is Professor of Physics at Amherst College.

• * Contents Part I: Orientations * Introduction *Anne Harrington * Neurophenomenology *Evan Thompson Part II: Attention and Cognitive * Understandings of Attention Cognitive Neuroscience *Jonathan Cohen * Buddhist Training in Advanced Attention Skills *B. Alan Wallace * Dialogue: Attention Part III: Imagery And Visualization * Buddhist Perspectives *Matthieu Ricard * Introspection and Mechanism in Mental Imagery *Stephen Kosslyn, Daniel Reisberg, and Marlene Behrmann * Dialogue: Imagery and Visualization Part IV: Emotion * An Adhidharmic View of Emotional Pathologies and Their Remedies *Georges Dreyfus * Emotions from the Perspective of Western Biobehavioral Science *Richard Davidson * Dialogue: Emotions Part V: Integration and Final Reflections * Dialogue: Integration and Implications * Reflections on "Investigating the Mind," One Year Later *Arthur Zajonc * About the Mind and Life Institute *R. Adam Engle * Contributors * Notes * Index

A cornucopia of riches for anyone interested in what is known and yet to know about the nature of the mind. The dialogues weave a compelling tapestry of perspectives, insights, good-natured banter, and ideas for new studies that will fascinate not only scientists, but anyone interested in meditation and mind-body interactions.