Mod note 2020, February:  Please also see:  Neuroplasticity- Norman Doidge MD, Interview     Highlights from an interview with psychologist Rick Hanson, Ph.D. (paraphrased) --     Contemplative neuroscience is the study of what happens in the brain when people are doing contemplative practices, how the brain changes with such practices. The field of contemplative neuroscience is just exploding, in tandem with the explosion of knowledge about brain science in general