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• Interview of a neuroscientist - Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education

  Click to listen to this interview of Adele Diamond. From the Web page: What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power…

• Some articles for you mediators

  Thanks, SSRN. "The Four Ways to Assure Mediator Quality (and Why None of Them Work)" "Caucus with Care: The Impact of Pre-Mediation Caucuses on Conflict Resolution" "'I' Before 'E', Except in Mediation: Training Introverts to…

• Article from Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: "Venting or Vipassana? Mindfulness Meditation's Potential for Reducing Anger's Role in Mediation"

  I am adding another article to the growing collection of articles and resources focused on contemplative lawyering and mindfulness in the law. This one is entitled "Venting or Vipassana? Mindfulness Meditation's Potential for Reducing Anger's…

• Does your law firm have a sabbatical program? Some factors to consider

  When I was a kid, I remember reading a book about a family going on exciting trips because the father, a college professor, was on sabbatical. To this day, I find the word "sabbatical" full…

• Sign up to hear an interview of Tal Ben-Shahar, the man who taught that popular happiness course at Harvard

  Sign up here to hear a free interview of Tal Ben-Shahar. More about his Harvard happiness course (Boston Globe). From the Web page: See Tal Ben Shahar on The Daily Show here. Tal Ben-Shahar is…

• Psychology of possibility: Interview of Ellen Langer about a book my dad just ordered at my recommendation

  Because of my enthusiasm about this book, many of my friends and colleagues have read Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility. I think it makes an excellent argument for readjusting your sense of…

• New blog on the neuroscience of social interactions

  Jamil Zaki, grad student working in social cognitive neuroscientist Kevin Ochsner's lab at Columbia, has begun writing a blog he is calling Your Brain on Us (Psychology Today). Here's what Zaki tells us he will…

• Blog Glob: "You try not to sneeze so why spread the gloom?"

  Excerpt: The spread of swine flu has engendered a code of social etiquette. Hand-sanitisers and tissues have become handbag essentials while 'hands off' has become the new social protocol. These days, a single, solitary sneeze…

• Contemplative practices: What's happening at Vanderbilt University Law School?

  In an e-mail from Julie K. Sandine, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Vanderbilt Law, I learned of some programs her law school offers its students. I wanted to tell you about them so asked…

• Udderly sharp focus on cow mediation

  Thanks to Charles Fincher for letting me post this fine and fun comic on idealawg. Cow mediation is now out in the open; no hide here.