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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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Meditation practice is associated with reduced mind-wandering

Peter Malinowski November 27, 2011 Research Blog 1

A forthcoming publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a brain imaging study that shows reduced brain activity during meditation in those brain areas that are typically quite active during day-dreaming or mind-wandering. A research group led …

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Buddhists make rational economic decisions

Peter Malinowski May 31, 2011 Research Blog 4

A recent study into human decision-making revealed that experienced Buddhist meditators act more rationally in social situations that are commonly experienced as unfair. The study, carried out by researchers in the US and Canada, compared the decisions of experienced Buddhist …

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