Meditation Research

Dalai Lama praises scientific research into meditation

Peter Malinowski — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:57:56 +0000

On becoming this year’s recipient of the Templeton Award and receiving the related cash award of $ 1.7 million, the Dalai Lama announced that he would be giving his prize money away and that $ 200,000 of it would go …

MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE – Call for participants

Peter Malinowski — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:34 +0000

We are currently carrying out an online study investigating the role of mindfulness in the workplace. This is a first step of a new research project studying the potential benefits of mindfulness practice in the workplace. Initially, we want to …

Meditation and creativity: some first evidence

Peter Malinowski — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:44:51 +0000

Over the last one and a half years or so, I was repeatedly asked whether there would be any current empirical evidence that meditation practice would improve creativity. Also, when I recently discussed with Lama Jigme Rinpoche possible future directions for …

The Science of Meditation: impromptu talk in Hamburg

Peter Malinowski — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:40:17 +0000

Hamburg – 16 April 2012: When visiting the Buddhist Centre in Hamburg as part of a Seminar of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, I was asked to give an impromptu talk on the Science of Meditation. Talking about the historical developments …

100th subscriber!

Peter Malinowski — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:40:09 +0000

Today the 100th subscriber joined our meditation research blog. Welcome!! And thank you for all your interest. I am currently sitting in the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg discussing data from our ongoing MEG-study investigating the neural signatures of different …

Research Topic: Neural Effects of Mindfulness/Contemplative Training

Peter Malinowski — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:33:52 +0000

The Journal “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience” published a series of research articles on the effects of meditation and mindfulness practice on brain and brain function. Under the research topic: “Neural Effects of Mindfulness/Contemplative Training” guest editor Amishi Jha, Assistant Professor at the …

Mindfulness and Cognitive Control

Peter Malinowski — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:10:23 +0000

An important ability in life is the ability to act automatically. Once we have learned how to ride a bycicle it will work without much – if any – conscious effort or control being required. This is certainly a good …

Published today: regular brief meditation changes brain activity

Peter Malinowski — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:42:44 +0000

Today a first article from our research project into the effects of mindfulness meditation practice on attentional functions was published in the open access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Here the link to the article: Regular, brief mindfulness meditation practice improves …

The power of the mind: A wandering mind is an unhappy mind

Peter Malinowski — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:23:04 +0000

This study is not quite new anymore (well, from 2010), but it is so instructive that when looking at it again today I thought it would be good to share this. Apologies if you know this one inside out already. …

in Liverpool: The Science of Buddhist Meditation

Peter Malinowski — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:36:23 +0000

Are you living in or close to Liverpool? … then this talk might be of interest: On Saturday 04 February at 3pm, I will be talking about the Science of Buddhist Meditation. In this talk I will present scientific and …