A controversy over the Society for Neuroscience's (SfN's) decision to invite the Dalai Lama to its annual meeting faded last week when the Buddhist leader charmed an estimated audience of 14,000 in Washington, D.C., with a talk presenting meditative practice as an empirical way to investigate the mind and emphasizing his preference for scientific inquiry over religious dogma. His remarks were followed later in the meeting by a number of research presentations addressing whether meditation can alter brain physiology and offer health benefits.
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