About

I look into the moral influences of contemplative practices from an empirical and philosophical perspective. In the empirical realm, I investigate how different styles of meditation differentially influence our processing of moral information. On the philosophical perspective, I ask how we should think about the ramifications of contemplative practices on our morality, and how moral responsibility should be viewed through the light selfless experiences extolled in contemplative practices.

I've also been a Buddhist monk for over two decades, and some of the Buddhist talks that I give can be found here

See the popular article I published in Psyche on awakening experiences and using meditation to improve morality

Publications

Vows Without a Self

Kevin Berryman, Monima Chadha, Shaun Nichols

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1/20

Estimating statistical power for ERP studies using the auditory N1, Tb, and P2 components

Lachlan Hall, Amy Dawel, Lisa-Marie Greenwood, Conal Monaghan, Kevin Berryman, Bradley N. Jack

Psychophysiology, n/a, pp. e14363

Do corollary discharges contain information about the volume of inner speech? An ERP study

Kevin Berryman, Thomas J. Whitford, Mike E. Le Pelley, Bradley N. Jack

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 1(14), 2025

The mindful scientist: How mindfulness meditation could support ethical scientific practice

Kevin Berryman, Yanli Lin, Sara W. Lazar, Dianna C. Parra Perez, & Amit Bernstein

2025

The ethical dimensions of mindfulness in public health

Kevin Berryman

Mindfulness, 2024

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Projects

Does more mediation make us more moral

Empirical work examining whether there is a dose dependent effect from meditation on morality. Also examining how different styles with and without ethical instructions influence morality

Selfless Responsibility

A series of Philosophical pieces examining the relationship between not self and moral responsibility

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Publications