MUSI20150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Standing Bell, Telomere, Transpersonal Psychology
2 Aug 2018
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Brain waves and meditation: many types of meditation assist to reach tranquillity of alpha states (aftanas & Benefits of mindfulness: evidence-based great deal of research, core curriculum for monash medical students. Improved immune system (carlson et al, 2003: relapse prevention in depression (mbct) (godfrin et al, 2010, williams et al, 2002, calms down fight/flight response, reactivates central pre-frontal cortex (siegel, d. Improved cognitive processes (jared et al, 2013: slower aging in brain (telomeres) (epel et al, 2009) Increased activation of left-pre-frontal cortex (orygen and university of melbourne, in. The silent epidemic, sbs, 2010a): prevent burn out and promote positive attitudes towards patients in primary care physicians (krasner et al. , 2009. Core attributes of mindfulness: non judging, an attitude of not labelling experience as good or bad, to be a fair witness to events. Bringing an attitude of kindness, friendliness and curiosity to all our experiences: acceptance, a willingness to see things as they are.
