Trinity College Dublin researchers report controlled breathing, a key element of meditation, directly affects noradrenaline levels in the brain. The study suggests controlled breathing can enhance attention and improve overall brain health.
A new study looks at the trend of mindfulness and meditation to help treat a range of disorders.
Mindfulness and meditation can affect brain plasticity, resulting in the ability for adults to acquire new social skills, researchers report.
A new study reports relaxation exercises strengthens coupling between brain areas associated with deliberate control, while mindfulness strengthens coupling between areas associated with sensory awareness and perception.
A new study reports on increased susceptibility to false memories after mindful meditation.
A new study reports Transcendental Meditation can help some active duty military personnel with PTSD to reduce their medications and better control their symptoms.
New brain research findings suggest long-term meditation may lead to less age-related gray matter atrophy in the human brain.
Mindful meditation helps perfectionists cope with stress.
Eight weeks of meditation training enhanced brain connectivity between the default mode network and the dorsal attention network, allowing participants to quickly switch between mind wandering states and focused attention.
Mindful meditation causes those who consider themselves to be more "independent-minded" or egocentric to become less generous and more selfish, researchers report.
Mindfulness and meditation can help reduce errors. The brain's ability to detect and pay attention to mistakes improves following one session of twenty-minute meditation.
Research suggests mindful meditation has the ability to temporarily alter time perception.
