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Resources for Meditation

Dahl CJ, Lutz A, Davidson RJ. Cognitive processes are central in compassion meditation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2016;20(3):161-162.
Ricard M, Lutz A, Davidson RJ. Mind of the meditator. Scientific American. 2014;311(5):38–45.
Davidson, RJ, Kaszniak, A. Conceptual and methodological issues in research on mindfulness and meditation. American Psychologist. 2015;70(7):581–592.
Davidson, RJ, Begley, S. The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live and - How You Can Change Them. New York, NY: Hudson Street Press; 2012.