Quotes by Richard Davidson - Page 1

Spatial working memory is impaired by stress.
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Memories
Spatial
Stress
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We can change the brain by changing the mind.
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Change
Smile
Brain
Mind
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The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.
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Health
Keys
Mind
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Happiness and well-being are actually best regarded as skills.
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Skills
Well Being
Wells
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Mindfulness - moment to moment non-judgemental attention and awareness.
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Attention
Judgemental
Mindfulness
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I committed to doing everything I could to put compassion on the scientific map.
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Committed
Compassion
Maps
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The best way I can mentor and lead those around me is to embody these qualities myself.
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Quality
Mentor
Way
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We have no idea how the subjective quality of consciousness emerges from the physical stuff of the brain.
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Quality
Brain
Ideas
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I think the messiness and embodied nature of modern life just produces an enhanced signal for our attention.
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Focus
Modern Life
Thinking
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The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?
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Kindness
Technology
Compassion
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Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.
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People
Skills
Thinking
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We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.
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Happiness
Different
Needs
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Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.
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Brain
Optimism
Responsibility
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I wouldn't consider myself a Buddhist or a card-carrying zealot at all. My first commitment is as a scientist to uncover the truth about all this.
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Buddhist
Cards
Commitment
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Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the abyss.
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Giving
Meditation
Mind
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There are certainly beliefs in traditional Buddhism that conflict with basic principles of scientific understanding, .. We can't make sense of those beliefs in any kind of scientific framework.
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Buddhism
Principles
Understanding
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Resilience is the maintenance of high levels of positive affect and well-being in the face of adversity. It is not that resilient individuals never experience negative affect, but rather that the negative affect does not persist.
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Adversity
Resilience
Survival
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In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open... The word 'meditation' in Sanskrit comes from the word 'familiarization' - as in familiarization with one's own mind.
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Meditation
Mind
Moments
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One key point is that different people may benefit from different types of meditation, as well as other interventions. This question of optimal matching between the form of practice and the type of person has not received much scientific attention.
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Different
Meditation
People
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Buddhist monks have known for centuries that meditation can change the mind. Now we are inspired by His Holiness to examine with our technology the precise brain changes that occur with practice... The unique collaboration on meditation is just beginning.
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Technology
Buddhist
Unique
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