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Neural mechanisms of attentional control in mindfulness meditation

Peter Malinowski February 7, 2013 Research Blog 0

Published a few days ago: In this focused review article I consider three main points: First, I present the general framework or skeleton (the Liverpool Mindfulness Model) my group uses as guidance for our meditation/mindfulness work . Second, I present …

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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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Meditation changes brain connectivity

Peter Malinowski August 22, 2012 Research Blog 1

- a recent study revealed underlying mechanisms of white matter change Over the last few years, research has established that meditation practice influences various aspects of our cognitive and emotional life in positive ways. It is exciting to see that such …

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MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE – Call for participants

Peter Malinowski May 16, 2012 Research Blog 0

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 …

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Research Topic: Neural Effects of Mindfulness/Contemplative Training

Peter Malinowski March 16, 2012 Research Blog 0

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 …

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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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Mindfulness and obesity

Peter Malinowski December 21, 2011 Research Blog 1

Almost three weeks since the last post. NO! – meditation and mindfulness research did not come to a sudden standstill. I was abroad, presenting our work at the Research Seminar in Experimental and Neuro-Cognitive Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in …

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Mindfulness meditation – How does it work? Part Two

Peter Malinowski November 26, 2011 Research Blog 0

In a recent post I introduced a theoretical paper on the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of mindfulness practice by Britta Hölzel and co-workers. Here I would like to offer a few more ideas that arose when reading this interesting …

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Mindfulness meditation – How does it work?

Peter Malinowski November 22, 2011 Research Blog 1

Buddhist Mindfulness practice has been around for more than 2500 years. Now, revamped in a psychological and neuroscientific context, we start asking the question, how this practice actually works. Well, we are not talking about how it helps individuals to …

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