Last Updated on March 8, 2025 by pg@petergamma.org
Richard R. Davidson used brain scanners for his research. And he is co-author of the book „Altered Traits“.
But as far as we know, brain scanners are used by meditators & teachers only for research applications, and not for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, or as a tool to practice meditation.
Brain scanners are used as a diagnostic tool in some cases for the diagnosis of schizophrena. But for the treatment of depression or schizophrena, medical doctors in Switzerland use drug & psychotherapy, and they do not use brain scanners.
For Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org personally teachers such as Milarepa and Ajahn Chah are very helpful. But are such guiding stars among teachers not very rare and only little investigated scientifically?