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How to Be Mindful in 2017

The beginning of the year is a good time to reflect and refocus.

BY Alison Decker

Blog Post

01.13.2017
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The Science of Meditation

Bob Roth talks with filmmaker Perri Peltz about the scientific case for taking up meditation.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

01.04.2017
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Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human

The Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series features Dr. Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Siegel is on the fac ...

BY Aspen Community Programs

Video

08.11.2016
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The Mental Advantages of the Multilingual Mind

The power of the multilingual mind is its ability to improvise in different styles, to switch back and forth.

BY Christopher Livaccari

Blog Post

07.01.2016
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Building Better Teen Brains

Here's how to best parent, understand, and educate young people as their brains develop.

BY Aspen Ideas To Go

Podcast

04.16.2016
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Goldie Hawn Discusses Mindfulness and Importance of Neuroscience Education

Hawn detailed her revolutionary MindUP program, a social and emotional literacy curriculum that serves over 400,000 children in schools across the United States and internationally.

BY Catherine Lutz, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

12.19.2014
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Are You Living Mindfully or Mindlessly?

Mindlessness is a pervasive issue we all experience, according to social psychologist and Harvard University professor Ellen Langer. "Virtually all of us, almost all of the time, are not there," she said at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, CO. And, she said, this matters because "all of our suffering — personal, interpersonal, societal — is a function, directly or indirectly, of this mindlessness."

BY Keosha Varela

Blog Post

07.30.2014
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Book Review: ‘Smarter Than You Think,’ by Clive Thompson

When the world chess champion Garry Kasparov was beaten in 1997 by Deep Blue, an I.B.M. supercomputer, it was considered to be a major milestone in the march toward artificial intelligence. It probably shouldn’t have been.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

11.01.2013
The Brain

Youth Football Needs Medical Standard of Care

As the season for youth and high school football draws to a close, one could argue that it’s been one of the most memorable in history. But not for the r ...

BY Dr. Robb Rehberg

Blog Post

12.14.2012