Kirk Warren Brown is an Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research centers on the role of attention to and awareness of internal states and behavior in healthy human functioning. He has a particular interest in the nature of mindfulness and the role of mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions in emotion regulation, behavior regulation, and mental health in both normative and clinical populations. He has authored numerous journal articles on these topics and is senior editor (with JD Creswell and RM Ryan) of the Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice (Guilford Press). Dr. Brown is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.Mark Leary is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and is the Director of the Duke Interdisciplinary Initiative in Social Psychology at Duke University. His research and writing has centered on social motivation and emotion, with an emphasis on people's concerns with interpersonal evaluation and the negative effects of excessive self-focused thought. He has published 12 books and more than 200 scholarly articles and chapters on topics such as self-presentation, self-relevant thought, social emotions, interpersonal rejection, and self-esteem. His books include: Social Anxiety, Interpersonal Rejection, The Social Psychology of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Self-Presentation, the Handbook of Self and Identity, and The Curse of the Self.

• Introduction Chapter 1: The Emergence of Scholarship and Science on Hypo-egoic PhenomenaKirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Hypo-egoicism Chapter 2: Moderating Ego in East and South Asia; Metaphysical Habits of the HeartOwen Flanagan and Philip J. Ivanhoe Chapter 3: The Phenomenology of Egoic and Non-egoic ConsciousnessStefano Vincini and Shawn Gallagher Chapter 4: Perspectives on Hypo-egoic Phenomena from Social and Personality PsychologyMark R. Leary, Kate J. Diebels, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno, and Ashley Hawkins Chapter 5: Hypo-egoicism and Cultural EvolutionLeonard L. Martin, Amey Kulkarni, Wyatt C. Anderson, Matthew A. Sanders, Jackie Newbold, and Joel Knowles Chapter 6: Developmental and Pro-social Dimensions of Hypo-egoic PhenomenaSusan Harter Chapter 7: A Clinical Psychological Perspective on Hyper- and Hypo-egoicism: Symptoms, Treatment, and Therapist CharacteristicsKelly E. Moore, Matthew A. Christian, Emily Ann Boren, and June Price Tangney Part II: Empirical Research on Hypo-egoic Intrapersonal, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Phenomena and Processes Chapter 8: The Neuroscience of Hypo-egoic ProcessesNorman A.S. Farb, Philip A. Desormeau, and Le-anh Dinh-Williams Chapter 9: The Hypo-egoic Component of FlowJeanne Nakamura and Scott Roberts Chapter 10: The Hypo-egoic Expression of Mindfulness in Social LifeKirk Warren Brown, Daniel R. Berry, and Jordan T. Quaglia Chapter 11: Empathy and AltruismC. Daniel Batson Chapter 12: Morality: Hypo-egoic for Us but Not ThemRonnie Janoff-Bulman and Nate C. Carnes Chapter 13: Compassion, Well-being, and the Hypo-egoic SelfKristin D. Neff and Emma Seppälä Chapter 14: Naturally Good? Basic Psychological Needs and the Proximal and Evolutionary Bases of Human BenevolenceRichard M. Ryan and Patricia Hawley Chapter 15: Attachment as a Foundation for Kindness Toward Self and OthersPhilip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer, Balijinder Sahdra, and Jacquelyn T. Gross Chapter 16: Beyond Self-Interest: Humility and the Quieted SelfPeter C. Hill and Elizabeth K. Laney Chapter 17: Forgiveness and the Ego: Why Hypo-egoic States Foster Forgiveness and Prosocial ResponsesJulie J. Exline Chapter 18: Egosystem and Ecosystem: Motivational Orientations of the Self in Relation to OthersJennifer Crocker and Amy Canevello Chapter 19: Mysticism and Hypo-egoicismRalph W. Hood, Jr. Chapter 20: Dispositional Hypo-egoicism: Insights into the Hypo-egoic PersonMark R. Leary, Kirk Warren Brown, and Kate J. Diebels

Kirk Warren Brown is an Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research centers on the role of attention to and awareness of internal states and behavior in healthy human functioning. He has a particular interest in the nature of mindfulness and the role of mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions in emotion regulation, behavior regulation, and mental health in both normative and clinical populations. He has authored numerous journal articles on these topics and is senior editor (with JD Creswell and RM Ryan) of the Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice (Guilford Press). Dr. Brown is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.Mark Leary is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and is the Director of the Duke Interdisciplinary Initiative in Social Psychology at Duke University. His research and writing has centered on social motivation and emotion, with an emphasis on people's concerns with interpersonal evaluation and the negative effects of excessive self-focused thought. He has published 12 books and more than 200 scholarly articles and chapters on topics such as self-presentation, self-relevant thought, social emotions, interpersonal rejection, and self-esteem. His books include: Social Anxiety, Interpersonal Rejection, The Social Psychology of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Self-Presentation, the Handbook of Self and Identity, and The Curse of the Self.

• Introduction Chapter 1: The Emergence of Scholarship and Science on Hypo-egoic PhenomenaKirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Hypo-egoicism Chapter 2: Moderating Ego in East and South Asia; Metaphysical Habits of the HeartOwen Flanagan and Philip J. Ivanhoe Chapter 3: The Phenomenology of Egoic and Non-egoic ConsciousnessStefano Vincini and Shawn Gallagher Chapter 4: Perspectives on Hypo-egoic Phenomena from Social and Personality PsychologyMark R. Leary, Kate J. Diebels, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno, and Ashley Hawkins Chapter 5: Hypo-egoicism and Cultural EvolutionLeonard L. Martin, Amey Kulkarni, Wyatt C. Anderson, Matthew A. Sanders, Jackie Newbold, and Joel Knowles Chapter 6: Developmental and Pro-social Dimensions of Hypo-egoic PhenomenaSusan Harter Chapter 7: A Clinical Psychological Perspective on Hyper- and Hypo-egoicism: Symptoms, Treatment, and Therapist CharacteristicsKelly E. Moore, Matthew A. Christian, Emily Ann Boren, and June Price Tangney Part II: Empirical Research on Hypo-egoic Intrapersonal, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Phenomena and Processes Chapter 8: The Neuroscience of Hypo-egoic ProcessesNorman A.S. Farb, Philip A. Desormeau, and Le-anh Dinh-Williams Chapter 9: The Hypo-egoic Component of FlowJeanne Nakamura and Scott Roberts Chapter 10: The Hypo-egoic Expression of Mindfulness in Social LifeKirk Warren Brown, Daniel R. Berry, and Jordan T. Quaglia Chapter 11: Empathy and AltruismC. Daniel Batson Chapter 12: Morality: Hypo-egoic for Us but Not ThemRonnie Janoff-Bulman and Nate C. Carnes Chapter 13: Compassion, Well-being, and the Hypo-egoic SelfKristin D. Neff and Emma Seppälä Chapter 14: Naturally Good? Basic Psychological Needs and the Proximal and Evolutionary Bases of Human BenevolenceRichard M. Ryan and Patricia Hawley Chapter 15: Attachment as a Foundation for Kindness Toward Self and OthersPhilip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer, Balijinder Sahdra, and Jacquelyn T. Gross Chapter 16: Beyond Self-Interest: Humility and the Quieted SelfPeter C. Hill and Elizabeth K. Laney Chapter 17: Forgiveness and the Ego: Why Hypo-egoic States Foster Forgiveness and Prosocial ResponsesJulie J. Exline Chapter 18: Egosystem and Ecosystem: Motivational Orientations of the Self in Relation to OthersJennifer Crocker and Amy Canevello Chapter 19: Mysticism and Hypo-egoicismRalph W. Hood, Jr. Chapter 20: Dispositional Hypo-egoicism: Insights into the Hypo-egoic PersonMark R. Leary, Kirk Warren Brown, and Kate J. Diebels

Kirk Warren Brown is an Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research centers on the role of attention to and awareness of internal states and behavior in healthy human functioning. He has a particular interest in the nature of mindfulness and the role of mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions in emotion regulation, behavior regulation, and mental health in both normative and clinical populations. He has authored numerous journal articles on these topics and is senior editor (with JD Creswell and RM Ryan) of the Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice (Guilford Press). Dr. Brown is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.Mark Leary is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and is the Director of the Duke Interdisciplinary Initiative in Social Psychology at Duke University. His research and writing has centered on social motivation and emotion, with an emphasis on people's concerns with interpersonal evaluation and the negative effects of excessive self-focused thought. He has published 12 books and more than 200 scholarly articles and chapters on topics such as self-presentation, self-relevant thought, social emotions, interpersonal rejection, and self-esteem. His books include: Social Anxiety, Interpersonal Rejection, The Social Psychology of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Self-Presentation, the Handbook of Self and Identity, and The Curse of the Self.

• Introduction Chapter 1: The Emergence of Scholarship and Science on Hypo-egoic PhenomenaKirk Warren Brown and Mark R. Leary Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Hypo-egoicism Chapter 2: Moderating Ego in East and South Asia; Metaphysical Habits of the HeartOwen Flanagan and Philip J. Ivanhoe Chapter 3: The Phenomenology of Egoic and Non-egoic ConsciousnessStefano Vincini and Shawn Gallagher Chapter 4: Perspectives on Hypo-egoic Phenomena from Social and Personality PsychologyMark R. Leary, Kate J. Diebels, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno, and Ashley Hawkins Chapter 5: Hypo-egoicism and Cultural EvolutionLeonard L. Martin, Amey Kulkarni, Wyatt C. Anderson, Matthew A. Sanders, Jackie Newbold, and Joel Knowles Chapter 6: Developmental and Pro-social Dimensions of Hypo-egoic PhenomenaSusan Harter Chapter 7: A Clinical Psychological Perspective on Hyper- and Hypo-egoicism: Symptoms, Treatment, and Therapist CharacteristicsKelly E. Moore, Matthew A. Christian, Emily Ann Boren, and June Price Tangney Part II: Empirical Research on Hypo-egoic Intrapersonal, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Phenomena and Processes Chapter 8: The Neuroscience of Hypo-egoic ProcessesNorman A.S. Farb, Philip A. Desormeau, and Le-anh Dinh-Williams Chapter 9: The Hypo-egoic Component of FlowJeanne Nakamura and Scott Roberts Chapter 10: The Hypo-egoic Expression of Mindfulness in Social LifeKirk Warren Brown, Daniel R. Berry, and Jordan T. Quaglia Chapter 11: Empathy and AltruismC. Daniel Batson Chapter 12: Morality: Hypo-egoic for Us but Not ThemRonnie Janoff-Bulman and Nate C. Carnes Chapter 13: Compassion, Well-being, and the Hypo-egoic SelfKristin D. Neff and Emma Seppälä Chapter 14: Naturally Good? Basic Psychological Needs and the Proximal and Evolutionary Bases of Human BenevolenceRichard M. Ryan and Patricia Hawley Chapter 15: Attachment as a Foundation for Kindness Toward Self and OthersPhilip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer, Balijinder Sahdra, and Jacquelyn T. Gross Chapter 16: Beyond Self-Interest: Humility and the Quieted SelfPeter C. Hill and Elizabeth K. Laney Chapter 17: Forgiveness and the Ego: Why Hypo-egoic States Foster Forgiveness and Prosocial ResponsesJulie J. Exline Chapter 18: Egosystem and Ecosystem: Motivational Orientations of the Self in Relation to OthersJennifer Crocker and Amy Canevello Chapter 19: Mysticism and Hypo-egoicismRalph W. Hood, Jr. Chapter 20: Dispositional Hypo-egoicism: Insights into the Hypo-egoic PersonMark R. Leary, Kirk Warren Brown, and Kate J. Diebels