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The breakthrough in imaging tech-niques led Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, now aresearch psychiatrist at the School ofMedicine at the University of Californiaat Los Angeles and author of THEMIND&THEBRAIN, to wonder two decades ago, What kind of internal experience is gen-erated by the neuronal activity capturedon a brain scan? Even more important,how can we use scientific discoverieslinking inner experience with brain func-tion to effect constructive changes ineveryday life? 1A student of Buddhistmeditation, he developed a form of ther-apy to change the faulty chemistry of awell-identified brain circuit: that of thepatient with Obsessive CompulsiveDisorder. (OCD is a prime example ofpathological brain processes in whichnegative thoughts can be traced on anMRI). He told his patients: The feelingof doubt .. is a false message, due to ajammed transmission in the brain . 2 They learned to change the way theythought about their thoughts throughregular refocusing, which engaged themin intentional rather than automaticbehavior, activating a different brain cir-cuitry.
in other parts of the brain.8 As Siegel fur- ther explained at a recent conference, “the neural representation of the Eiffel Tower, or what’s called its neural net ...
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