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The Liverpool Mindfulness Model

Peter Malinowski February 26, 2013 Research Blog 0

In my recent review paper on attentional control mechanisms in mindfulness meditation I also presented our Liverpool Mindfulness Model. The main purpose of this model is to serve as a structuring aid for our own meditation research.  It is thus …

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Cognition and Emotion in Meditation – Part 2

Peter Malinowski February 7, 2013 Research Blog 0

In the previous post I discussed evidence for the involvement of emotional processes even when performing a purely cognitive task. A further study investigated which brain areas are involved when a task similar to the Stroop task that was a …

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Cognition and Emotion in Meditation

Peter Malinowski January 4, 2013 Research Blog 0

Research has convincingly shown the positive effects of mindfulness meditation practice on attentional mechanisms. I discussed some of these findings in previous blogs, for instance the evidence that mindfulness practice is linked to improved attentional control, which is also evidenced …

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

Peter Malinowski January 31, 2012 Research Blog 2

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. …

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Sustaining Happiness: The Science of Buddhist Meditation

Peter Malinowski November 29, 2011 Research Blog 3

Does meditation make you happy?  A few years back I organised a symposium at the 2008 BA Festival of Science in Liverpool (now British Science Festival) to discuss the link between meditation practice, happiness and well-being.  At that time I …

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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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