#28 - Mindfulness on the Brain - Dr. Rael Cahn

In this episode the noted neuroscientist & and mindfulness researcher Dr. Rael Cahn compares and contrasts the impact of long term mindfulness meditation practice and the acute effects of the psychedelic drug psilocybin on perception, attention and brain activity. We also discuss awareness practices, transcendence, binaural beats, how meditation works in the treatment of depression and addiction, and the future of mindfulness and psychedelic research.

Dr. Rael Cahn is an MD/Phd and assistant clinical professor with the USC Department of Psychiatry. He also has extensive personal experience as a meditation practitioner and mindfulness teacher. His research dives deep into the neuroscience of meditation and altered states of consciousness.

 

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