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I: Orientation
Introduction / Anne Harrington
Neurophenomenology and Francisco Varela / Evan Thompson
II: Attention and cognitive control
Understandings of attention and cognitive control from cognitive neuroscience / Jonathan Cohen
Buddhist training in enhanced attention skills / B. Alan Wallace
Dialogue: attention and cognitive control
III: Imagery and visualization
Buddhist perspectives on mental imagery / Matthieu Ricard
Introspection and mechanism in mental imagery / Stephen M. Kosslyn, Daniel Reisberg, and Marlene Behrmann
Dialogue: Imagery and visualization
IV: Emotion
An Abhidharmic view of emotional pathologies and their remedies / Georges Dreyfus
Emotions from the perspective of western biobehavioral science / Richard J. Davidson
Dialogue: Emotion
V: Integration and final reflections
Dialogue: Integration and implications
Reflections on "investigating the mind," one year later / Arthur Zajonc
About the Mind and Life Institute / R. Adam Engle.
Introduction / Anne Harrington
Neurophenomenology and Francisco Varela / Evan Thompson
II: Attention and cognitive control
Understandings of attention and cognitive control from cognitive neuroscience / Jonathan Cohen
Buddhist training in enhanced attention skills / B. Alan Wallace
Dialogue: attention and cognitive control
III: Imagery and visualization
Buddhist perspectives on mental imagery / Matthieu Ricard
Introspection and mechanism in mental imagery / Stephen M. Kosslyn, Daniel Reisberg, and Marlene Behrmann
Dialogue: Imagery and visualization
IV: Emotion
An Abhidharmic view of emotional pathologies and their remedies / Georges Dreyfus
Emotions from the perspective of western biobehavioral science / Richard J. Davidson
Dialogue: Emotion
V: Integration and final reflections
Dialogue: Integration and implications
Reflections on "investigating the mind," one year later / Arthur Zajonc
About the Mind and Life Institute / R. Adam Engle.