Anatomy of The Brainful Mind: CANCELLED
Joe O'Connell Drive, Frankton, Queenstown
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A free community talk hosted by Mel Haarer, director of CONNECT AND CARE wellbeing solutions, Queenstown is offering this educational opportunity with a view to encourage the Whakatipu community to understand the significant positive benefits mindfulness/meditation can bring to our overall wellbeing, health and happiness. We especially hope that those who DO NOT yet understand the benefits will attend. This event is supported by Central Lakes Family Services to help celebrate the upcoming Mental Health Awareness week as per the Mental Health Foundation for New Zealand.
EILEEN LUEDERS, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
In her talk, Dr. Lueders will first introduce the phenomenon of neuroplasticity and then demonstrate how the study of mindfulness fits into this field of research. More specifically, she will present outcomes from an ongoing science project designed to analyse brain features in long-term meditation practitioners. The project comprises more than a dozen studies – all of them revealing exciting insights into the unique brain anatomy of meditators, including evidence for their seemingly younger brains.
Eileen Lueders is an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland (New Zealand). She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience and neuropsychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and underwent additional trainings at Harvard and UCLA in the Unites States. Dr. Lueders’ research is focused on understanding the human brain, in health and disease, using magnetic resonance imaging. Being a meditation practitioner herself, a research topic close to her heart, is the brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt and to change in response to external or internal demands. Dr. Lueders’ recent studies revealed exciting findings, such as larger brain regions, more brain tissue, and stronger brain connections in long-term meditators.
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