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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness

We will explore if and how mental training involving mindfulness exercises changes attention and emotion in the brain

by Amishi Jha

As well as being an ancient spiritual practice central to many cultural traditions, mindfulness training has recently been reported to result in improved psychological and brain health. Mindfulness is defined as “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994). In this course, we consider the broad hypothesis that mental training can change the brain. In particular, we will discuss how mindfulness training programs may have beneficial effects by changing the functioning of the brain's systems of attention and emotion. We will discuss subtopics within the cognitive neuroscience of attention, working memory, and emotion-regulation as they relate to specific functioning entrained by mindfulness meditation. Course begins March 2012.

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  • Amishi Jha

    Associate Professor of Psychology - University of Miami
Amishi P. Jha, PhD is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami. She received her PhD from the University of California-Davis in 1998 and received post-doctoral training in functional neuroimaging at Duke University's Brain Imaging and Analysis Center. She was an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, before joining the University of Miami in 2010 to spearhead the development of their Neuroimaging Center. Her research involves the use of functional MRI, electroencephalography (EEG), and neurobehavioral measures to investigate the basic mechanisms of attention, working memory, and mindfulness. Her work is supported by the Department of Army, NIH, and gifts from individuals and private foundations. She has received several awards for teaching and innovation in science.