Marieke Van Vugt – Finding Balance
· 1 h 05 min
Episode Marieke Van Vugt – Finding Balance
In this episode, Wendy speaks with cognitive scientist, contemplative practitioner, and ballet dancer Marieke Van Vugt. Marieke is a pioneer in studying mind wandering and meditation through computer modeling, and is also advancing participatory research through her collaborations with Tibetan monastics. This conversation covers many topics, including:
• her braided interests in meditation, dance, and cognitive science; • computer modeling of mind and meditation; • exploring distraction, mind wandering, and becoming aware; • how thoughts can get "stuck" in our minds; • creating a meditating computer; • the relevance of stuck thoughts to various mental disorders; • trauma through the lens of predictive models of mind; • analytical meditation and Tibetan monastic debate; • collaborating with monastics in research; • humility and fluidity of mind; • re-thinking the tasks used in cognitive science; • the phenomenon of brain synchrony; • dance and embodiment; • the roots of thinking in the body; • problems with abstraction in science; • curiosity vs. the critical mind in ballet; • flow, responsiveness, and compassion; • and advice to young scholars.
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