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Meditation and creativity: some first evidence

Peter Malinowski May 5, 2012 Research Blog 2

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 …

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The Science of Meditation: impromptu talk in Hamburg

Peter Malinowski April 24, 2012 Research Blog 0

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 …

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Mindfulness and Cognitive Control

Peter Malinowski February 17, 2012 Research Blog 0

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 …

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Published today: regular brief meditation changes brain activity

Peter Malinowski February 10, 2012 Research Blog 0

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 …

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