The Arizona Meditation Research Interest Group provides a
forum for dialogue on the interface between cutting edge science and meditative
practice, hosting speakers and panels.
We seek to enhance scientific understanding of contemplative practices
found throughout the world, to encourage ongoing research efforts focused upon
meditation and to serve as a venue for conversation between scientists and
meditation teachers and practitioners.
09/30/11 – Shinzen Young -- will be giving a 3 hour talk entitled "Techno-Enlightenment: How Science May Accelerate Global Spiritual Evolution"
10/30/11 – Rick Hanson, Ph.D. -- will be leading a daylong workshop entitled "Who Am I Really? Insights from Neuropsychology about Not Taking Life Personally"
Spiritual Evolution"
11/09/11 – AMRIG Graduate Students -- Data blitz of meditation research being conducted at the University of Arizona
12/07/11 – Psychology Rm 317B – Autumn Wiley & Bonnie Colby, Ph.D. -- Autumn will be presenting on her ongoing graduate research into meditation as a buffer against self-control failure, and Bonnie will be presenting her proposed study entitled "Economic Productivity Effects of Meditation - Framing the Issues"
02/20/12 – Eric Kolvig, Ph.D. -- the tentative topic of his talk will be comparing and contrasting the knowledge acquired through the scientific method with the wisdom acquired through meditation
04/12/12 – Sharon Salzberg -- the topic of Sharon's talk is yet to be determined
Recent Announcements
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Two AMRIG Researchers Recieve the Varela Award Meditation Research Grant
Roisin O'Donnell and Tucker Peck from the University of Arizona Clinical
Psychology Ph.D. Program were both awarded separate Varela Awards, a research
grant from the Mind and Life Institute, for the maximum amount of funding.
Between the two of them, they now have $30,000 to go towards meditation
research in the UA Psychology Department!
Posted Jan 22, 2010 9:11 AM by Adam Lester
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AMRIG on YouTube!
Starting with the 12/2/09 Parallel Paths presentation, all AMRIG presentations will now be posted on YouTube! Our YouTube channel is AZMeditationResearch, and you can find a playlist for the Parallel Paths presentation at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6104FF94D13F6C59.
Posted Dec 14, 2009 8:25 PM by Adam Lester
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Expanding The Meditation Research Spreadsheet
There are now four undergraduate RA's in the Sleep Lab who are helping catalog meditation research into a spreadsheet (you can access a version of this spreadsheet through our website). If you are a researcher with lots of meditation studies on your hard drive, please let us know, and we can give these studies to the RA's to comb through and add to our spreadsheet.
Posted Oct 5, 2009 1:05 PM by Adam Lester
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AMRIG In The News
Tucker Peck
has been interviewed by the Arizona Wildcat, discussing the development and
mission of AMRIG. Click this link to see a full article from the Arizona Wildcat
about AMRIG. http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/meditating-toward-health-1.528363.
Posted Oct 1, 2009 9:53 PM by Adam Lester
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Shinzen Young To Present At AMRIG
Shinzen Young, considered by many to be one of the most well known and influential western meditation teachers of the day, has agreed to present a talk at AMRIG. He is scheduled to give an extended four hour presentation on Sunday, November 1, from 10 AM to 2 PM. The format of the talk is likely to focus about 1/3 of the time on meditation practice and 2/3 on conceptual and scientific areas. For more information please take a look at the flier.In the meantime, to learn more about Shinzen, you can visit his website, shinzen.org. He also recommends any of the 100+ videos on his YouTube channel (ExpandContract) and his interview on the website BuddhistGeeks ...
Posted Oct 5, 2009 3:17 PM by Adam Lester
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