If you found this interesting check out the book "Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama"

http://www.amazon.com/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialog...

They talk about this same experiment.

Thanks for the link! I will need to pick that up. I supremely enjoyed the dialogues in another of his books "The Quantum and the Lotus" and this looks very interesting indeed.

I wonder what kind of brain changes occur in programmers who spend hours/day in flow states? Does this have anywhere near the effect of mindful meditation?