In article <3815BF86.5A751ECE at colorado.edu>, Alexander Shenkin
<al at cad-tech.com> writes
>Hello,
>I'm researching meditation, it's effects, and other altered states of
>conciousness from (as much as possible) the perspective of
>neuroscience. Are there canonical works in this field on this subject?
>Major figures? Also, if anyone know of good resources out there, those
>would also be greatly apprecicated. Thanks very much...
>>Alex Shenkin
>There's a lot of work in these areas, but an excellent starting point would be
James Austin's book "Zen and the brain". He's a professor of neurology and
an experienced Zen practitioner, and the book is notable for its sober
treatment of areas that are too often dogged by pseudo-science and non-
science.
Regards
--
Nick Medford
