Doctor Baljinder Sahdra

Doctor Baljinder Sahdra

LECTURER,
Social, Personal & Developmental Psychology (SoSSP

Personal

Qualifications

  • GradDipCogSci University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • PhD University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • MARTSPhil University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • BA(Hons) University of Toronto

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Social, Personal & Developmental Psychology (SoSSP

Contact

Email:B.Sahdra@uws.edu.au
Extension:6494
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Location:24.1.05
Bankstown
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Publications

Journal Articles

  • Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P., Sahdra, B. and Baron, N. (2013), 'Can security-enhancing interventions overcome psychological barriers to responsiveness in couple relationships?', Attachment and Human Development (Special Issue on Attachment and Caregiving)., .
  • Saggar, M., Sahdra, B., Ferrer, E., Tang, A., Mangun, G., Alan Wallace, B., Miikkulainen, R., Saron, C., King, B., Zanesco, A., MacLean, K., Aichele, S., Jacobs, T., Bridwell, D., Shaver, P. and Rosenberg, E. (2012), 'Intensive training induces longitudinal changes in meditation state-related EEG oscillatory activity', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14.
  • Sahdra, B., Saron, C., Lavy, S., Wallace, B., Birdwell, D., MacLean, K., Shaver, P., Ferrer, E., Jacobs, T., Rosenberg, E., Zanesco, A., Aichele, S. and King, B. (2011), 'Enhanced response inhibition during intensive meditation training predicts improvements in self-reported adaptive socioemotional functioning', Emotion, 14.
  • Jacobs, T., King, B., Shaver, P., Rosenberg, E., Ferrer, E., Wallace, B., Saron, C., Epel, E., Jue, L., Blackburn, E., Wolkowitz, O., Zanesco, A., Aichele, S., Sahdra, B. and Maclean, K. (2011), 'Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators.', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 18.
  • MacLean, K., Shaver, P., Wallace, B., Mangun, G., Saron, C., Ferrer, E., Aichele, S., Bridwell, D., Zanesco, A., Jacobs, T., King, B., Rosenberg, E. and Sahdra, B. (2010), 'Intensive meditation training leads to improvements in perceptual discrimination and sustained attention.', Psychological Science, 11.
  • Sahdra, B., Shaver, P. and Brown, K. (2010), 'A scale to measure nonattachment: A Buddhist complement to Western research on attachment and adaptive functioning.', Journal of Personality Assessment, 12.
  • Sahdra, B. and Ross, M. (2007), 'Group identification and historical memory.', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 12.
  • Sahdra, B. and Thagard, P. (2003), 'Self-deception and emotional coherence.', Minds and Machines, 19.
  • Sahdra, B. and Thagard, P. (2003), 'Procedural knowledge in molecular biology.', Philosophical Psychology, 22.

Research

Current Projects

Title:Quantifiable Constituents of Spiritual Growth [via Regents of the Uni of California]
Years:2013-03-01 - 2016-02-29
ID:P00021581
UWS Researchers:Baljinder Sahdra
Funding:
  • John Templeton Foundation
Title:Nonattachment and Intergroup Harmony
Years:2012-09-01 - 2014-08-31
ID:P00021006
UWS Researchers:Baljinder Sahdra
Funding:
  • Mind & Life Institute

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