Dave Vago
@dave_vago
Cognitive & Affective Neuroscientist | Contemplative & Mind Body Research | Exploring awareness one moment at a time | #mindfulness #contemplativeneuroscience |
My @TEDxNashville talk is posted! Check it out: #SelfTransformation through #Mindfulness bit.ly/2q3MgcM
Congrats to @EricJRoseen and the PRIMIER study team to get this published - Nonpharmacologic Back Pain Treatment Use and Associated Patient Reported Outcomes in US-Based Integrative Medicine Clinics #chronicpain journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
Join us online! The Buddha The Scientist Mindfulness as a Foundation for Health Hybrid Symposium | May 20, 2025 📍 Asian Centre, UBC | Online & In-Person @thichnhathanh @UBC deerparkmonastery.org//en/visit/even…

#Mindbody, #Integrative and #Psychedelic researchers! Join us! This year, we explore The Arc of Life and Death—a theme that invites inquiry into the full spectrum of human experience through the lens of contemplative practice, mind-body science, and transformative states.
📢 Deadline Extended! The submission portal is now open until May 15 for this year’s conference. iscrsociety.org/submissions/
Coming in September 2025 are 16 chapters by experts on "The Bodily Self, Emotion, and Subjective Time: Exploring Interoception through the Contributions of A.D. (Bud) Craig". Stay tuned for my presentation of online chapters already available online. link.springer.com/book/978303194…?
There’s still time to join us for this advanced course on #interoception in Venice. Individuals from all academic levels are welcome, and beyond interacting with others interested in this topic, there are ample opportunities to learn and explore!
Want to learn more about #interoception and its role in the brain? Come join @DrSFink and me in Venice in May 2025 for the 2nd course on this topic. Beyond the sublime learning, local attractions, and Italian cuisine, we also have fun! neurosas.org/advanced-cours…
In honor of David Lynch who passed away last week at 78yo there will be a worldwide meditation at noon PST TODAY MONDAY Jan 20th. 🙏 variety.com/2025/film/news… #meditation
In my recent paper in the journal @MedicalCareLWW, I discussed the differences between the concepts of health and well-being and how both of them can fit into whole person care. bit.ly/4hNuqlm
Contemplative & Mind Body Researchers! Check out this upcoming webinar with @zindelsegal, Liz Hoge, & Tony King Mindfulness-Based Interventions & Clinical Applications: Methods & Mechanisms - Nov 19th #contemplativeresearch #mindfulness iscrsociety.org/webinars/
“Similarities between neurocognitive representations while awake and during dreaming allow decoders trained on awake data to be applied to dreaming.” Nice recognition of this great research @kap101 and lab
Congratulations Remy, you did it!!! New strategies for the cognitive science of dreaming: Trends in Cognitive Sciences cell.com/trends/cogniti…
💡HOW DO #MEDITATION, Mindfulness, + Contemplative Practices affect your Brain ? 👉55 sites studying meditation with brain imaging published ENIGMA-Meditation's [1] first paper, out today ! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… [1] a very chill group, see pic ;) 💡join us !…
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Martin Luther King Jr. May we find more in what connects us then divides us. Stay safe and loving y’all. #staycalm #loveoverhate #Election2024
cool paper showing EEG-derived connectivity at low frequency gamma (30–40 Hz) during resting state has predictive power to distinguish mindfulness naïve and mindfulness experienced practitioners with 91% accuracy: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #contemplativeneuroscience #meditation
Interested in how breathwork can lead to psychedelic-like altered states of consciousness? 🤔🫁 🧠 Share your feedback on the v1 of @breath_Guy’s #preregistration describing the world’s first randomized control trial exploring the topic ⬇️ researchhub.com/post/3151/brea…
Airways to Alteration? Investigating the impact of breathwork on conscious state BreathworkLab x @ResearchHub doi.org/10.55277/Resea…