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I am currently in the process of updating this Meditation Research website. Most of the work on the backend has
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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.
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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
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Meditation Research Roundup 2021-01
đź“„Summary of meditation research 2021-01: In the meditation research roundups I summarise meditation research, highlighting exciting new studies about meditation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Liverpool Mindfulness Model
n my recent review paper on attentional control mechanisms in mindfulness meditation I also presented our Liverpool Mindfulness Model. The
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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
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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
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Meditation improves telomerase activity
Meditation improves telomerase activity: a healthier life – but not for all!
Three months in a meditation retreat may have significant
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Meditation changes brain connectivity
– a recent study revealed underlying mechanisms of white matter change
Over the last few years, research has established that meditation
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Mindfulness and Cognitive Control
An important ability in life is the ability to act automatically. Once we have learned how to ride a bicycle
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Mindfulness and obesity
Almost three weeks since the last post. NO! – meditation and mindfulness research did not come to a sudden standstill. I
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How mindfulness meditation works
Buddhist mindfulness practices have been around for more than 2500 years. Now, revamped in psychological, therapeutic and neuroscientific contexts, questions
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The power of the mind: A wandering mind is an unhappy mind
This study is not quite new anymore (well, from 2010), but it is so instructive that when looking at it
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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
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Mindfulness meditation reduces pain
Even brief engagement with mindfulness meditation reduces pain:Â
A few days ago, the Journal of Pain published a study carried
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