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
neuroscience
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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
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
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
Meditation changes brain connectivity
– a recent study revealed underlying mechanisms of white matter change Over the last few years, research has established that 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
Buddhists make rational economic decisions
A recent study into human decision-making revealed that experienced Buddhist meditators act more rationally in social situations that are commonly
