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Mindfulness

Bringing mindfulness and character strengths to education: Growing evidence for mindfulness-based strengths practice

In a recent blog post I shared my own experience of annually running the mindfulness-based strengths practice programme (MBSP; Niemiec,

Dr Peter Malinowski

Dec 19, 2024 2 min read

Website update just landed

I am currently in the process of updating this Meditation Research website. Most of the work on the backend has

Dr Peter Malinowski

Nov 24, 2024 1 min read

Mindfulness

Mindfulness meditation during difficult times

[This post is an updated version of my post "Mindfulness meditation during shutdown" (12-04-2020), written during COVID lockdown.

Dr Peter Malinowski

Nov 18, 2024 5 min read

Mindfulness

Why I love teaching mindfulness and character strengths to my students

About bringing Mindfulness-based Strengths Practice (MBSP) into Higher Education Sam was a particularly personable, warm, and good-natured student. He had

Dr Peter Malinowski

Dec 20, 2023 11 min read

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Meditation Research Roundup 2021-01

📄Summary of meditation research 2021-01: In the meditation research roundups I summarise meditation research, highlighting exciting new studies about meditation

Dr Peter Malinowski

Mar 27, 2021 9 min read

Meditation

Can meditation lead to harm?

While there can be no doubt that engaging in mindfulness practices or meditation can lead to harm or unpleasant or

Dr Peter Malinowski

Jan 20, 2021 10 min read

Mindfulness

Is mindfulness meditation harmful? [updated]

A comprehensive study based on a dataset of more than 2,400 participants in mindfulness-based stress reduction programmes found that

Dr Peter Malinowski

Aug 1, 2020 4 min read

Mindfulness

The 5 best mindfulness questionnaires

Introduction and Overview Mindfulness questionnaires belong to the standard toolbox of most meditation and mindfulness researchers. Scientists can choose from

Dr Peter Malinowski

Jul 2, 2020 12 min read

Meditation

The Science of Mindfulness Meditation

A brief explanation of the science of mindfulness meditation, how meditation works from a scientific perspective, what psychology and neuroscience

Dr Peter Malinowski

May 26, 2020 6 min read

Meditation

Mindfulness meditation: ten minutes a day improves cognitive function

Practising mindfulness meditation for ten minutes a day improves our cognition: after eight weeks meditators performed better in concentration tasks

Dr Peter Malinowski

Jan 5, 2020 3 min read

Meditation

Meditation and ageing: Cognitive improvements in older adults

Yet another year is coming to an end and our time seems to be ticking away. Anyone feeling a bit

Dr Peter Malinowski

Dec 29, 2018 5 min read

Mindfulness

From state to trait mindfulness

A recently published study suggests that increasing the ability to be mindful in daily life through mindfulness practice depends on

Dr Peter Malinowski

Jun 24, 2015 3 min read

Meditation

Meditation and Neuroplasticity: Five key findings (articles up to 2014)

Meditation not only changes our mind but also our brain – this is what more and more neuroscientific research suggests. Neuroplasticity

Dr Peter Malinowski

Mar 4, 2014 3 min read

Meditation

Advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice raises body temperature

Studying ten meditators of Tibetan Buddhism, a recent international research project provides solid evidence for centuries-old reports that through the

Dr Peter Malinowski

Jul 19, 2013 4 min read

Mindfulness

The Liverpool Mindfulness Model

n my recent review paper on attentional control mechanisms in mindfulness meditation I also presented our Liverpool Mindfulness Model. The

Dr Peter Malinowski

Feb 26, 2013 3 min read

Meditation

Cognition and Emotion in Meditation

Research has convincingly shown the positive effects of mindfulness meditation practice on attentional mechanisms. I discussed some of these findings

Dr Peter Malinowski

Feb 7, 2013 6 min read

Meditation

Loving Kindness Meditation - and the brain

The majority of current research into meditation so far focused on mindfulness-based practices and similar methods. Recently, this has shifted

Dr Peter Malinowski

Dec 25, 2012 3 min read

Meditation

Meditation improves telomerase activity

Meditation improves telomerase activity: a healthier life – but not for all! Three months in a meditation retreat may have significant

Dr Peter Malinowski

Dec 20, 2012 2 min read

Meditation

Meditation changes brain connectivity

– a recent study revealed underlying mechanisms of white matter change Over the last few years, research has established that meditation

Dr Peter Malinowski

Aug 22, 2012 4 min read

Meditation

Mindfulness and Cognitive Control

An important ability in life is the ability to act automatically. Once we have learned how to ride a bicycle

Dr Peter Malinowski

Feb 17, 2012 4 min read

Mindfulness

Mindfulness and obesity

Almost three weeks since the last post. NO! – meditation and mindfulness research did not come to a sudden standstill. I

Dr Peter Malinowski

Dec 21, 2011 2 min read

Mindfulness

How mindfulness meditation works

Buddhist mindfulness practices have been around for more than 2500 years. Now, revamped in psychological, therapeutic and neuroscientific contexts, questions

Dr Peter Malinowski

Nov 26, 2011 3 min read