Philosopher: Mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations
Recent years have seen an explosive growth in mindfulness, which has been adapted from Buddhist meditation practices: in schools, the ...
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Study highlights role of mindfulness in mental health for young Black adults
Over the past decade, suicide rates have increased by 30% for Black Americans. By contrast, in a similar time frame, ...
In-person mindfulness courses help improve mental health for at least six months, study shows
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Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health launched at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA – The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health will launch April 26 at the Harvard T.H. Chan ...
For stressed-out grad students, mindfulness makes big difference
MADISON – While recent studies and polls indicate the nation is in the midst of a mental health crisis, the ...
Exercise, mindfulness don’t appear to boost cognitive function in older adults
A large study that focused on whether exercise and mindfulness training could boost cognitive function in older adults found no such improvement ...
Calmness and the common good, anyone? Mindfulness can help deal with challenges in working life
At work, mindfulness, ’present-moment awareness’, benefits not only the individual but the whole work community, comes up in Laura Urrila’s ...
Study with military suggests ‘blended’ individual and team mindfulness is at least as effective as standard mindfulness training
New study suggests that a ‘blended’ eight-week mindfulness programme that adds Team Mindfulness Training (TMT) to a shortened version ...
Study with military suggests ‘blended’ individual and team mindfulness is at least as effective as standard mindfulness training
New study suggests that a ‘blended’ eight-week mindfulness programme that adds Team Mindfulness Training (TMT) to a shortened version ...
Brain imaging reveals how mindfulness program boosts pain regulation
Contact: Joseph Wielgosz, wielgosz@stanford.edu; Richard Davidson, director of UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds, rjdavids@wisc.edu Credit: ResearchGate Contact: Joseph Wielgosz, wielgosz@stanford.edu; ...
Universal UK school-based mindfulness training to boost teen mental health probably not warranted
School-based mindfulness training, universally applied across the UK in a bid to boost teen mental health and wellbeing, probably isn’t ...
Mindfulness meditation reduces pain by separating it from the self
For centuries, people have been using mindfulness meditation to try to relieve their pain, but neuroscientists have only recently been ...
New research shows no evidence of structural brain change with short-term mindfulness training
MADISON, Wis. — In the mid-20th century, new evidence showed that the brain could be “plastic,” and that experience could ...
Mindfulness alleviates post-gun violence trauma and depression
Gun violence is an epidemic in the United States, with more than 45,000 firearm fatalities in 2020 alone, a figure ...
Prenatal mindfulness program improves stress response in infants
Infants whose mothers participated in a mindfulness-based program during pregnancy had healthier stress responses at 6 months old, a new ...
Mindfulness therapy reduces opioid misuse and chronic pain in primary care, according to new research
Results from a new clinical trial demonstrate that an eight-week mindfulness-based therapy—Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)—decreased opioid use and misuse while ...
Combining traditional mandala colouring and brain sensing technologies to aid mindfulness
Combining centuries-old traditional mandala colouring with cutting-edge computing and brain sensing technologies could lead to new ways of helping people ...
UC study: Mindfulness can get wandering thoughts back on track
Everyone has times where their mind won't stay on task. For example, you might be listening to someone talk in ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events
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Distinct immune, hormone responses shed light on mysteries of long COVID
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