Association for Psychological Science - It does not take years or even months of practicing meditation to fundamentally alter neural activity. Just a few weeks can make a difference — for the better. (Read the full article here …)
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PsychCentral - Ongoing studies of mindfulness meditation suggest the beneficial effects of meditation on pain and working memory may result from an improved ability to regulate the brain’s alpha rhythm. (Read the full article here …)
PsychCentral - A new study suggests mindfulness training can help high-stressed U.S. military groups prepare for deployment to Iraq. (Read the full article here ...)
TIME - Research shows that the brain can change as a result of the thoughts we think - altering neuronal connections in a way that can treat mental illness, lead to a greater capacity for empathy and compassion, and even dial up the supposedly immovable happiness set point. (Read the full article here…)
UNC Charlotte - New research now suggests that the mind may be easier to cognitively train than we previously believed. Psychologists studying the effects of a meditation technique known as “mindfulness ” found that meditation-trained participants showed a significant improvement in their critical cognitive skills (and performed significantly higher in cognitive tests than a control group) after only four days of training for only 20 minutes each day. (Read the full article here …)
American Scientist - Dr. Fadel Zeidan has proven that minimal training in meditation can lessen the perception of pain in research subjects. (Read the full article here…)
TIME Magazine – The idea that meditation is good for you is certainly not new, but scientists are still trying to figure out exactly why meditating so reliably improves mental and physical health. One old theory is that meditation is just like exercise: it trains the brain as if gray matter were a bundle of muscles. You work those muscles and they get stronger. (Read the full article here…)
NPR - For years, scientists believed the brain's structure couldn't be changed. The new science of neuroplasticity says that's not the case, and argue the brain is much more flexible than previously thought. Science writer Sharon Begley talks about her new book, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain. (Read the full article here…)
NPR - People who meditate say it induces well-being and emotional balance. In recent years, a group of neuroscientists has begun investigating the practice, dubbed "mindfulness." As NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, they are exploring the hypothesis that meditation can actually change the way the brain works. (Read the full article here…)
Science Daily - Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows meditation also is associated with increased cortical thickness. (Read the full article...) |