Saron Lab (Dr. Clifford Saron)

Our work involves two broad areas of investigation. The first is related to the training of attention and emotion regulation through contemplative practice. We conducted a large-scale collaborative and multimethod longitudinal investigation of the effects of intensive meditation training known as "The Shamatha Project." We use qualitative, self-report, behavioral, electrophysiological, and biochemical measures to begin to elucidate the many levels of personal and physiological change that accompany such training. Our second research area concerns sensory processing, multisensory integration, and interhemispheric communication in children with autism spectrum disorders. In collaboration with colleagues at the CMB and M.I.N.D. Institute we are using sensitive behavioral measures, eye tracking, and dense channel array event-related potentials to investigate possible deficits in these low-level processes which likely contribute to the complex phenotype of autism.

People — by Jeremy M. Phillips — last modified 2009-11-19 05:06 AM

People in the Saron Lab

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News from the Saron Lab

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Publications from the Saron Lab

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Information about our collaborators, funders, and resources related to our work.

Shamatha Project — by Anthony Zanesco — last modified 2010-09-04 01:01 PM

Under the direction of CMB principle investigator Dr. Clifford Saron and Buddhist scholar Alan Wallace, the Shamatha Project is exploring how three months of intensive training in the practice of meditation affects cognition, behavior, and physiology.

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