Study reveals mindfulness-based stress reduction methods proved to be as effective as antidepressants for relieving symptoms for those with anxiety disorders.
Mindful meditation can produce a healthy altered state of consciousness in the treatment of those with addiction problems.
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.
Study finds no evidence of structural brain changes associated with short-term mindfulness training.
Up to 46% of Americans help manage their mental health and reduce anxiety by taking 5 to 10-minute breaks throughout the day to focus on mindfulness.
Mindful meditation may help people cope when faced with action crises, researchers say.
Practicing mindfulness when your mind is wandering can help you regain attention, researchers report.
Many people claim meditation helps to relieve their daily stresses. A new study provides objective evidence which supports the claims. Researchers found cortisol levels from hair samples decreased by 25% following a six-month meditation training program.
Mindfulness and meditation may offer small but significant benefits to cognition, especially in older adults.
Mindful meditation causes those who consider themselves to be more "independent-minded" or egocentric to become less generous and more selfish, researchers report.
Mindfulness training can help increase optimism, enhance positive mood, and negate some of the effects of stress by improving mental health in school-aged children.
Often touted as helping to improve personal mental states, a new study reveals mindfulness can actually make people more selfish. Those who consider themselves to be more independent-minded, rather than having a pluralistic mindset, demonstrate a decrease in prosocial behavior following mindful meditation.
