Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

(SEMA) Laboratory at the University of Arizona, Psychology and Neuroscience Research semalab.arizona.edu Tucson, AZ Joined April 2021

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Brian Lord @briantlord

9 months ago

🚨 New preprint from SEMA Lab! 🚨 One of the most common questions we get about our tFUS protocol is but what does it feel like? We present the first-ever study combining transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) with a 10-day meditation retreat. Participants received open-label tFUS to the PCC twice across their 10-day practice. We used mixed quantitative and phenomenological analysis to formally answer that question. Nondual awareness increased with each subsequent day of practice. We found tFUS days were marked by vivid enhancements in meditative experience, including more equanimity and cathartic self-release. This was only the first retreat of many. We are already deep in the process of planning our next ones. Thanks to Diamond Mountain Retreat Center for hosting, Tucker Peck @tucker_peck and Upali @upalimeditation for leading the retreat, Matthew Sacchet @matthewsacchet, and all our generous supporters for helping us continue this work! @JaySanguinetti @ShinzenYoung

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Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

10 months ago

SEMA Lab had a great time at this year's The Science of Consciousness Conference in #Barcelona, including a presentation of our research by Jay Sanguinetti!

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Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

a year ago

Even with summer around the corner, the SEMA Lab team is staying busy—and still finding time for some laughs!

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Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

2 years ago

#Mindfulness

Brian Lord @briantlord

2 years ago

SEMA Lab just wrapped up the first ever tFUS-enhanced 10-day silent meditation retreat at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center. Early feedback has been extremely positive- it seemed highly useful for many people's practice. We are excited to dig into the data and see what is there.

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Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

2 years ago

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our ultrasound-enhanced meditation retreat crowdfunding campaign. You helped us reach our $57,000 goal!

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Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

2 years ago

This is our final push to raise money for the first ever ultrasound-enhanced meditation retreat. 12 hours to go! Please donate to help advance this cutting edge science! crowdfund.arizona.edu/project/42862

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Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

2 years ago

Our crowdfunding campaign just broke $20,000! Let's keep it going! Every dollar helps us work towards our vision of pioneering cutting-edge approaches to enhancing meditation practice. crowdfund.arizona.edu/project/42862

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Brian Lord @briantlord

2 years ago

Thank you everyone for the continued support of our crowdfunding campaign for our upcoming ultrasound-enhanced meditation retreat. Let's keep the momentum going! crowdfund.arizona.edu/project/42862

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Science Enhanced Mindful Awareness @LabSema

5 years ago

We need participants for our study! Are you or someone you know in Tucson, AZ and between 18 and 77 years old? Contact us at [email protected] to learn more!