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Web Articles
Matthias J. Gruber, Bernard D. Gelman, and Charan Ranganath. States of Curiosity Modulate Hippocampus-Dependent Learning via the Dopaminergic Circuit Neuron 84, 486–496, October 22, 2014
Kang, M.J., Hsu, M., Krajbich, I.M., Loewenstein, G., McClure, S.M., Wang, J.T.-Y., and Camerer, C.F. (2009). The wick in the candle of learning: epistemic curiosity activates reward circuitry and enhances memory. Psychol. Sci. 20, 963–973.
Ruth Baer Ph.D. Friendly Curiosity: The Key to Mindful Awareness. Psychology Today. Jul 29, 2014
How curiosity changes the brain to enhance learning. Eureka Alert. 2-OCT-2014
Jeremy Schwartz, LCSW. Empathic Curiosity: How DBT Builds Better Relationships. Dialectical Behavior Therapy. June 17, 2015
Larry Laveman, LCSW, BCD. The Healing Capacity of Empathic Curiosity in Medicine. Mar 9th, 2015
Tartakovsky, M. (2014). The Power of Curiosity: 3 Strategies for Staying Curious. Psych Central. Retrieved on March 3, 2017
Terry Chadsey. The Redemptive Power of Questions. Courage & Renewal. June 2, 2016
Websites
Center for Courage & Renewal
The Center for Courage & Renewal and its growing global network of Courage & Renewal Facilitators help people lead lives of courage and integrity by offering online resources, in-person retreats and personal/professional development programs. Our Facilitators lead programs using the Circle of Trust® approach, based on the work of author and activist Parker J. Palmer.
Courage & Renewal programs cultivate the heart and soul of leadership, encouraging people to “lead from within.” Courage & Renewal programs help people:
-Lead and act with courage on their true callings
-Develop trustworthy relationships
-Cultivate practices to sustain themselves and inspire others for the long haul
-Work together to transform the institutions they serve
Mindful
Mindful is a site created by the Foundation for a Mindful Society, an independent non-profit located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mindful seeks to become the voice of the fast-emerging mindfulness movement. Its mission is to inspire, guide, and connect all those who want to live with awareness and compassion, to enjoy the proven benefits of mindfulness practices, and to create a more mindful and caring society. Mindful supports the growth of mindful practices in all aspects of secular modern life, and is not affiliated with any particular spiritual or sectarian approach.
UMASS Medical School Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society
This website is a product of the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness. Its mission statement is: to explore, understand, articulate and further mindfulness in the lives of individuals, organizations and communities through clinical care, rigorous scientific research, professional training, and informed public discourse.
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
UCLA has created this website to support The Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). MARC is a partner of the Norman Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology within the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. MARC’s mission is to foster mindful awareness across the lifespan through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society.
Greater Good Website
The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.
Based at the University of California, Berkeley, the GGSC is unique in its commitment to both science and practice: Not only do we sponsor groundbreaking scientific research into social and emotional well-being, we help people apply this research to their personal and professional lives. Since 2001, we have been at the fore of a new scientific movement to explore the roots of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social bonds, and altruistic behavior—the science of a meaningful life. And we have been without peer in our award-winning efforts to translate and disseminate this science to the public.