Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Mindfulness for Alcohol Use Disorder
A randomized clinical trial in BMC Medicine found that adding transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation to mindfulness meditation improved inhibitory ...
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Meditation Molecular Signatures Overlap With Neuroactive Drug Targets, Study Shows
A computational analysis revealed that molecular signatures from Inner Engineering meditation overlap with drugs targeting pathways that modulate the brain's ...
Large Randomized Trial Finds App Meditation No Better Than Music Control
A randomized citizen science trial of 1,211 adults found that four weeks of app-guided meditation was not superior to an ...
MBSR Homework Practice Linked to Mindfulness Gains and Workplace Outcomes in Dutch Government Employees
An exploratory quasi-experimental study of 233 Dutch government employees found that more frequent and longer MBSR homework practice was moderately ...
Human palm glows faintly, and meditation seems to quiet that light
A single-subject study found that ultraweak photon emissions from the human palm became less intermittent during a structured box-breathing meditation, ...
VR Meditation Linked to Lower Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 randomized controlled trials finds that virtual reality-based meditative and mind-body interventions are associated ...
Machine learning predicts self-reported anger improvement in teens
A comparative machine-learning study found that meditation, behavioral and lifestyle survey data can predict self-reported anger-management improvement in adolescents, but ...
A Study Evaluating the Feasibility of a Self-compassion Meditation on Body Image in Retired Athletes
A 37-person randomized feasibility trial found that a three-week self-compassion meditation program was acceptable and retained 76% of retired athletes ...
Mindfulness Practitioners Show Sharper Working Memory Backed by Prefrontal Gamma Rhythms
A new EEG study finds that long-term mindfulness practitioners outperform matched controls on a verbal working memory task, with prefrontal ...
Boredom and a Wandering Mind Feed Each Other, and Mindfulness May Break the Loop
A six-month study of over 1,200 Chinese college students finds that boredom proneness and spontaneous mind wandering reinforce each other ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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