Welcome!

Welcome to my website. It now reflects a large proportion of the professional activities I am involved in - and it is bound to grow.
Here you will find information about my research into selective visual attention, the psychological and physiological effects of meditation, as well as the evaluation of mindfulness training programmes .

Latest News

- 07 Nov 2009: New Meditation Research Website launched: Today a new one-stop page for meditation research information has been launched. Visit www.meditation-research.org.uk for all you want to know about current meditation research.

MediRes - 24 Oct 09: 14 new bibliographic entries and a link to another mindfulness bibliography have been added to the growing bibliography on buddhist meditation research. Follow the menu item 'Bibliography' above or go directly to the bibliography page.

24 Oct 09: Added today: Interview on the independent Swiss radio station, RaBe, discussing what's happening in the brain when we meditate [in German] Go to the Media section

Previous News

IPPA World Congress Posters: You can now download the posters I presented at the IPPA Conference in Philadelphia. Go to the Abstracts & Posters section

The Science of Happiness and the Experience of Bliss
03 to 05 April 2009 - University College Winchester
Keynote lecture at the Conference Mystics & Scientists 32 of the Scientific and Medical Network >read more

Meditation und Hirnforschung - Radio Podcast in German, 30 minutes on current meditation research, a programme provided by the Swiss Radio Station DRS > listen

Symposium Perception and Reality in Buddhism and Science - 14/15 Nov Vienna. [in German]:
"Wahrnehmung & Wirklichkeit aus der Sicht von Buddhismus und Wissenschaft!"
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On 11 September 2008 a Symposium on "Sustaining Happiness" will explore scientific and buddhist takes on happiness. the symposium is part of the "BA-Festival of Science".
For more information visit the "Sustaining Happiness Website"
First media coverage on this topic on LJMU's website: Why are some people happier than others?

From 28 July to 01 August 2008 an International Summer School on Buddhism entitled Buddhism into the 21st Century will take place in Hamburg, organised by the prestigous Center for Buddhist Studies. This summer school is open to everybody interested in the topic. I will be teaching on "Buddhism and Science - Neuroscientific and Psychological Perspectives".
For more information visit: www.summerschool-buddhism.de/