Following an 18-month meditation program can improve the well-being of older adults, finds a new randomized controlled trial by an international team co-led by University College London (UCL).
Dec 1, 2023
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Are you suffering from chronic stress? Many of us are—whether we're stressed out by our jobs, complicated relationships, caregiving responsibilities, or the general state of the world.
Feb 17, 2023
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In the mid-20th century, new evidence showed that the brain could be "plastic," and that experience could create changes in the brain. Plasticity has been linked to learning new skills, including spatial navigation, aerobic ...
May 20, 2022
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Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a personalized digital meditation training program that significantly improved attention and memory in healthy young adults—a group already at the peak of brain health—in ...
Jun 3, 2019
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Last night's episode of ABC's Catalyst, "The Mindfulness Experiment", offered a unique glimpse into what happens to people during Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, an eight-week structured training program in mindfulness ...
Feb 20, 2019
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Whether regarding climate change and its consequences, the refugee crisis or the unfair distribution of wealth, when looking for solutions to these global challenges, the decisions of individuals, such as their willingness ...
Oct 11, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Compassion meditation can increase the visual preference for suffering while attenuating neural responses in regions of the brain associated with valence and empathic distress, according to a study published ...
Jul 16, 2018
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Women who are sexually assaulted and suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can learn to decrease negative thoughts and enhance self-worth by a combination of meditation and aerobic exercise, according to a new ...
Apr 23, 2018
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Meditation has been hailed as a way to boost mental health, help chronic pain, reduce stress and build a new appreciation for the world around us.
Mar 19, 2018
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For the millions of mindfulness meditation mobile app users, there is good news: New research shows that they can reduce the body's response to biological stress.
Oct 23, 2017
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