Researchers say mindfulness meditation has benefits for adolescents who have experienced trauma.
Mindfulness meditation interrupted communication between brain areas involved in processing pain sensations and areas that produce the sense of self. This resulted in reduced pain as individuals lost ownership of the sensation.
Mindful meditation may help people cope when faced with action crises, researchers say.
Mindful meditation causes those who consider themselves to be more "independent-minded" or egocentric to become less generous and more selfish, researchers report.
Mindful meditation helps perfectionists cope with stress.
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.
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment who practiced mindful meditation for 20 minutes a day were more likely to have an understanding of the underlying concepts of mindfulness. The study demonstrates memory impairments associated with MCI do not preclude learning mindfulness skills.
With Halloween just around the corner, researchers look at why many of us find enjoyment out of being scared.
Researchers discover differences in the brain's emotional networks between those who do not meditate, novice meditators and those who have practiced meditation for a long time.
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 looks at the trend of mindfulness and meditation to help treat a range of disorders.
According to researchers, mindful meditation can reduce stress hormones and inflammatory responses to stressful situations in people with GAD.
