[Buddha-l] neuroscience: neural plasticity

[Christopher Fynn]

Joy Vriens wrote:
> In May 2001, in a laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, a Tibetan 
> Buddhist monk donned a cap studded with hundreds of sensors that were
> connected to a state-of-the-art EEG, a brain-scanning device capable 
> of recording changes in his brain with speed and precision. When the 
> monk began meditating in a way that was designed to generate compassion, 
> the sensors registered a dramatic shift to a state of great joy. "The 
> very act of concern for others' well-being, it seems, creates a greater 
> state of well-being within oneself," writes bestselling author Goleman."

Is the study referred to in Goleman's book the one Matthieu Ricard 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthieu_Ricard> was involved in?

- Chris