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內容簡介 全球暢銷書《EQ》與《專注的力量》作者丹尼爾.高曼(Daniel Goleman)與心理學教授Richard Davidson聯手揭露冥想有益大腦的最新研究。☉亞馬遜”認知神經科學與神經心理學”領域新書冠軍「這是一本絕對會改變你生命的書。Daniel Goleman與Richard Davidson不僅展現冥想的力量,他們還告訴讀者如何以最聰明的方法來獲得最大的益處。Altered Traits是通往正念、慈悲、完滿生命的路線圖,誰不需要它呢?」-《紐約時報》暢銷書《越睡越成功》(Sleep Revolution)作者雅莉安娜.赫芬頓 (Arianna Huffington)過去20年,正念與冥想已經從酷炫的詞轉變成無所不在的方法,不管是減重、增進人際關係或是要達到某種成就,它們都可以湊上一腳,但是你真的了解它們嗎?兩位作者在本書中揭示最新的研究,將冥想有益身心的真相,以及如何利用冥想達到最大效果的方法公諸於大眾。本書掃除一般人對冥想的誤解與迷思,揭露某些數據被扭曲只為了要販售心智訓練法。冥想這樣的心智練習不僅使人愉悅,它最終還會帶來性格上的正向改變。但是每日少量的練習,並不能達到正向改變的最高點,我們還需要更聰明地練習,包括冥想大師正中目標的反饋,以及更開闊、不固著於自我的觀點,但是目前廣受運用的心智訓練法卻缺乏這些重要的練習。來自Davidson實驗室的數據,發展出新的方法來訓練心智,讀者可以藉著書中所提的訓練,獲致最大的益處,使我們從最深處改變自己。More than forty years ago, two friends and collaborators at Harvard, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson were unusual in arguing for the benefits of meditation. Now, as mindfulness and other brands of meditation become ever more popular, promising to fix everything from our weight to our relationship to our professional career, these two bestselling authors sweep away the misconceptions around these practices and show how smart practice can change our personal traits and even our genome for the better.Drawing on cutting-edge research, Goleman and Davidson expertly reveal what we can learn from a one-of-a-kind data pool that includes world-class meditators. They share for the first time remarkable findings that show how meditation - without drugs or high expense - can cultivate qualities such as selflessness, equanimity, love and compassion, and redesign our neural circuitry.Demonstrating two master thinkers at work, The Science of Meditation explains precisely how mind training benefits us. More than daily doses or sheer hours, we need smart practice, including crucial ingredients such as targeted feedback from a master teacher and a more spacious worldview.Gripping in its storytelling and based on a lifetime of thought and action, this is one of those rare books that has the power to change us at the deepest level.