Altered traits science reveals how meditation changes your mind brain and body post navigation emotional intelligence a force for good contact us provide your email address for periodic updates from daniel goleman name first last last email if you are human leave this field blank submit . Altered traits science reveals how meditation changes your mind brain and body by daniel goleman author of the bestselling books on emotional intelligence psychologist richard davidson research professor of psychology and psychiatry director and founder of centre for healthy minds at the university of wisconsin madison science operates within a web of culture bound assumptions that limit our view of what is possible most powerfully for the behavioural sciences. Altered traits hardcover two new york times bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain daniel goleman and richard davidson show us the truth about what meditation can really do for us as well as exactly how to get the most out of it. Altered traits is the joint effort of two highly respected figures in the world of neuroscience and science journalism richard davidson and daniel goleman respectively theyre also longtime friends who share an abiding interest in the power of meditation