Author: Austin, James H.
Title: Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness
Description: Cambridge [MA], MIT Press, (1998). 2nd printing. orig.cloth. 27x18cm, xxiv, 844 pp. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing. Some page-edge soil. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Starting to Point toward Zen; Meditating; Neurologizing; Exploring States of Consciousness; Quickening; Turning In;: The Absorptions; Turning Out: The Awakenings; Being & Beyond: To the Stage of Ongoing Enlightenment; In Closing; Appendices: Introduction to 'The Heart Sutra'; Selections from 'Affirmation of Faith in Mind'.

Keywords: Psychology of Religion, Zen Buddhism, Buddhist Meditation, Neurobiology, Brain Physiology, Psychophysiology, Consciousness, Neurochemistry, Neurophysiology