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18 Mar 2010, 12:17 pm
Excerpt:The terrorist explosions that ripped through Madrid's crowded commuter trains on the morning of 11 March 2004 killed 191 people, wounded some 2,000 more and prompted an international manhunt for the perpetrators. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 8:18 am
Excerpt: People who routinely practice meditation may be better able to deal with the ups and downs of the human condition. [read post]
11 May 2009, 7:59 am
Excerpt:Luckily, the way we think about abilities is not permanently inscribed in our genes. [read post]
15 Sep 2011, 9:17 am
Abstract: When consumers are reminded of money, do they conform, shrug off, or react against others’ attempts to influence them? [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 8:43 am
From the Course Information page: The Lawyers in Balance seminar is back by popular demand! [read post]
15 Jan 2011, 11:41 am
So many excellent learning opportunities coming up in the first half of 2011! [read post]
31 Jul 2011, 9:50 am
Abstract: The dominant presumption within legal education, that we can teach students to “think like lawyers” with a nearly singular focus on training the analytical mind, is a fiction based on a 19th Century understanding of the human brain that is inherently flawed. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 8:12 am
I learned several valuable exercises from the late Harry Sloan when I took from him a 10-day course in psychosynthesis. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 9:23 am
Abstract: Consistent with the aims of this special issue, we present a systems perspective on self/identity, predicated on William James’s classic distinction between I and Me, and use this perspective to explore conceptual relations between self/identity, motivation to learn, and self-regulated learning. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 8:45 am
News release (American Association for the Advancement of Science): Although nearly a quarter of Americans think scientists are hostile to religion and about 30% of scientists surveyed by a Rice University sociologist consider themselves atheists, the true picture of what scientists think about religion and spirituality is more complex than popular conceptions, the sociologist told a recent AAAS gathering.Elaine Howard Ecklund, who surveyed nearly 1700 natural and social scientists at leading… [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 2:26 pm
Abstract:The increasing number of magazine covers dedicated to brain studies and the success of magazines and scientific journals entirely dedicated to brain and mind indicate a strong interest on these themes. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 9:22 am
What are the chances that a phrase not often used (at least among my friends and colleagues) would appear twice in my life in one week? [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 8:48 am
Excerpt:“We can’t afford to have lawyers who are just lawyers. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 8:04 pm
One of the people featured in my last life-after-law post left a comment telling me that she has a series of interviews on her blog of lawyers no longer practicing law. [read post]
4 May 2010, 8:11 am
Click to listen to a podcast posted at upaya.org (Zen center in Santa Fe, NM) on the relationship between mindfulness, meditation, and movies. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 2:58 pm
Excerpt:It begins with the couple stepping into separate rickshaws. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 6:35 pm
Who really knows what contributes to longevity? [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 10:56 am
Our objects can be very important to us when we are alive and to others when we are dead. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 7:58 am
Two recent studies have looked at patterns of relationships between parents and adult children. [read post]
7 May 2010, 7:37 am
I am happy to report that my friend and colleague Dr. [read post]
