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    Mass General Brigham’s Matthew D. Sacchet, PhD, wants to make it easier for anyone to access the kinds of transcendent states that advanced meditators can sometimes attain. It’s part of a sweeping new research effort that dives into the deep end of advanced contemplative practices, applying rigorous scientific methods to unlock the kinds of phenomena described over thousands of years in the…

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    • Matthew Sacchet discusses his cutting-edge research studying advanced meditation and his work developing a new center for meditation research at @MassGenBrigham https://t.co/r1vPjEynOp

  • Mashup Score: 18

    Nathaniel Harnett, PhD, didn’t set out to dispel a lingering myth that the brains of Blacks and Whites are fundamentally different. His focus was on untangling the brain basis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Then his research team found subtle but telling differences in the stress-response systems of Blacks compared to Whites that showed up as early as 9 or 10 years old. The results…

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    • HMS neuroscientist Nathaniel Harnett studies the neurobiological effects of early-life stress, which disproportionately burdens underrepresented populations, and its impact on trauma response later in life https://t.co/Snq3zrVXzy