명상도서관

명상도서관

Remembrance of things to come: a conversation between Zen and neuroscience on the predictive nature of the mind 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Pagnoni, G.,Guareschi, F. T.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science and Business Media
  • 출판년도2017
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항Vol.8No.1[2017]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1868-8527
  • 소개/요약The notion of the brain as a predictive organ following Bayesian principles has been steadily gaining favor in neuroscience. This perspective, which has broad theoretical and applicative consequences, suggests also a novel way to look at the mind-body processes mobilized by meditative practices. In this article, the topic is introduced and subsequently explored as a conversation between a neuroscientist (GP) and the abbot of a Zen Sōtō monastery (FTG). We believe that such ‘mutual perturbations’ between the third-person descriptions provided by scientific research and the phenomenological depth of Buddhist lore have a great potential for advancing our understanding of both brain function and meditation.