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·July 14, 2021·7 min read

Mindfulness Meditation Can Make Some Americans More Selfish and Less Generous

Mindful meditation causes those who consider themselves to be more "independent-minded" or egocentric to become less generous and more selfish, researchers report.

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·May 16, 2021·3 min read

Yoga and Breathing Exercises Aid Children With ADHD to Focus

Yoga and breathing training programs can help children with ADHD to focus their attention, a new study reports.

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·May 11, 2021·5 min read

Meditative Practice and Spiritual Wellbeing May Preserve Cognitive Function in Aging

Kirtan Kriya, a simple meditation practice that centers on psychological and spiritual wellbeing, may help to reduce some Alzheimer's related risk factors and improve cognition in older adults.

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·September 23, 2020·4 min read

Meditation for Mind-Control

Eight sessions of mindfulness-based awareness training give participants a significant edge in their ability to control brain-computer interfaces and the time it took to achieve proficiency over those who did not experience meditation training.

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·February 21, 2020·4 min read

The practice of meditation leaves marks in the brain

Three months of transcendental meditation reduced anxiety and resulted in marked changes in connectivity between the precuneus, left parietal lobe, and insula.

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·February 5, 2020·2 min read

Certain meditation strategies may help perfectionists

Mindful meditation helps perfectionists cope with stress.

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·November 13, 2019·3 min read

Take a yoga class and depression and anxiety improve

Yoga intervention reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety while increasing feelings of positivity.

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·November 11, 2019·4 min read

How meditation can help you make fewer mistakes

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.

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·October 24, 2019·3 min read

Mindfulness meditation enhances positive effects of psilocybin

Mindful meditation enhances the positive effects of a single dose of psilocybin by increasing empathy and reducing egocentricity.

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·June 9, 2019·4 min read

The problem with mindfulness

While those who promote mindfulness claim the practice offers massive amounts of health and psychological benefits, very little scientific evidence backs up the claim.

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·June 3, 2019·6 min read

Algorithm that Tailors Digital Meditation Program Improves Attention and Memory

MediTrain, a new app-based program that uses a closed-loop algorithm to tailor the length of meditation sessions to a person's ability, can improve memory and attention in younger people.