Matthieu Ricard, a 69-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk, has been called the “world’s happiest man.” That’s because he participated in part of a 12-year brain study on meditation and compassion led by University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Richard Davidson. And Davidson found his brain waves and activity to be off the happiness charts. In 2008, Davidson had a group of expert meditators (including Ricard) and a group of controls (people who were […]