Episode description
Scientists are working furiously on testing therapies and vaccines to treat the coronavirus, but it will take time and focused effort before they’re ready. Did you know that there is already a vaccine against panic, anxiety, and selfishness? It’s called loving kindness, and you can get vaccinated today.
References and links from this video:
-See Anderson Cooper's brain unwind anxiety on camera (1 minute clip from CBS' 60 minutes): https://drjud.com/dr-jud-on-60-minutes/
-Sharon Salzberg's loving kindness (by donation): https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/produc...
-Our paper showing loving kindness decreases default mode network (DMN) brain activity: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
-Our study showing mindfulness app decreases DMN brain activity: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4138...
-Our study showing expert meditators decreasing DMN brain activity with loving kindness, breath awareness and choiceless awareness meditations: https://www.pnas.org/content/108/50/2...
-Our paper showing links between self-referential processing and getting caught up in experience: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...
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