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Buddhist Geeks 231: The Dark Side of Dharma w/ Willoughby Britton
Cool topic - I am always interested in the intersection between neuroscience and Buddhism.
Willoughby Britton received a B.A. in Neuroscience from Colgate
University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of
Arizona, and completed her clinical internship at Brown Medical School.
She received sleep/EEG technician training at Harvard Medical School and
was a Research Fellow at the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA/NIH) and at Andrew Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine at the
University of Arizona. She spent several years in Asia studying
meditative techniques and received her mindfulness instructor
certification training at the Center for Mindfulness at the UMASS
Medical School. Dr. Britton's research includes sleep, emotional
disturbances, and new treatment/prevention strategies. She recently
completed a 3-year NIH-funded clinical trial on the neurophysiological
effects of mindfulness meditation in depression, and continues to
examine the link between sleep, affective disturbance and emotional
regulation strategies.
We’re joined this week by Brown University neuroscience researcher Willougbhy Britton. In this episode Dr. Britton shares some of the details of a research project that she’s working on called, “The Difficult Stages of the Contemplative Path.” She goes into the purpose of the research project and also some of the research methods she’s using to establish a helpful subjective phenomenology for these difficult stages.
She also speaks about how she has collaborated with both meditation teachers and Buddhist scholars to help determine what the common experiences are for practitioners, and whether they have textual references in the Buddhist canons. And to make matters even more interesting, she shares what her personal experiences have been like, as she’s a committed meditation practitioner herself.
This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2 (airing next week).
We’re joined this week by Brown University neuroscience researcher Willougbhy Britton. In this episode Dr. Britton shares some of the details of a research project that she’s working on called, “The Difficult Stages of the Contemplative Path.” She goes into the purpose of the research project and also some of the research methods she’s using to establish a helpful subjective phenomenology for these difficult stages.
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