Project Compassion Center for Compassion & Altruism
Research & Education

Session Abstracts

Conference Materials

Buddha’s Brain: Neuroplasticity and Meditation
Richard Davidson, Ph.D., Psychology, University of Wisconsin 

Meditation and the Neuroscience of Consciousness: An Introduction
John Dunne, Ph.D., Religious Studies, Emory University 
Richard Davidson, Ph.D., Psychology, University of Wisconsin 


Realizing the unreal: Dharmakı¯rti’s theory of yogic perception
John Dunne, Ph.D., Religious Studies, Emory University 

Asian Perspectives: Indian Theories of Mind
Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., Stanford University/McGill University 

Compassion Cultivation Protocol

Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., Stanford University/McGill University 

Altruism in Experiments
Jim Andreoni, Ph. D., University of California, San Diego 

Palgrave on Charitable Giving
Jim Andreoni, Ph. D., University of California, San Diego 

Economics of Philanthropy
Jim Andreoni, Ph. D., University of California, San Diego 

Spontaneous Altruism by Chimpanzees and Young Children
Felix Warneken, Ph. D., Psychology, Max Planck Institute 

Attention Regulation and Monitoring in Mediation
Richard Davidson, Ph.D., Psychology, University of Wisconsin 

Dharmakīrti’s Apoha-theory of Concept Formation: Some Key Features
John Dunne, Ph.D., Religious Studies, Emory University 

Compassion
Wendy Farley, Ph. D., Religious Studies, Emory University 

Consciousness and Emotion
Owen Flanagan, Ph.D., Philosophy, Duke University 

What does the Modularity of Morals have to do with Ethics?
Owen Flanagan, Ph.D., Philosophy, Duke University 

Neural Responses to Taxation and Voluntary Giving Reveal Motives for Charitable Donations
Ulrich Mayr, Ph.D., Psychology, University of Oregon

The social neuroscience of empathy
Tania Singer, Ph.D., Neuroscience, Zurich University

Prosocial Development
Tracy Spinrad, Ph.D. Psychology, Arizona State University 

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