Mechanisms of Meditation: How do positive effects of meditation come about?
Here we summarise a long list of proposed mechanisms of meditation that outline how positive change resulting from mindfulness meditation
Effects & Mechanisms
22 posts — What does it change, and how does it work? Benefits, adverse effects and harms, processes, neural and psychological accounts.
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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
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
Mechanisms of Mindfulness - The IAA model
Mechanisms of mindfulness meditation: The Intention – Attention – Attitude model A good understanding how mindfulness meditation unfolds its beneficial effects is
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
Negative side effects of meditation
Given the rising popularity of meditation as a means to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing, it may seem
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
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
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
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 Liverpool Mindfulness Model
n my recent review paper on attentional control mechanisms in mindfulness meditation I also presented our Liverpool Mindfulness Model. The
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
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
Meditation improves telomerase activity
Meditation improves telomerase activity: a healthier life – but not for all! Three months in a meditation retreat may have significant
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
Mindfulness and obesity
Almost three weeks since the last post. NO! – meditation and mindfulness research did not come to a sudden standstill. I
How mindfulness meditation works
Buddhist mindfulness practices have been around for more than 2500 years. Now, revamped in psychological, therapeutic and neuroscientific contexts, questions
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
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
Mindfulness meditation reduces pain
Even brief engagement with mindfulness meditation reduces pain: A few days ago, the Journal of Pain published a study carried
Meditation on buddha forms improves visual spatial processing
In Indo-Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism (Engl.: Diamond Way), that was primarily practiced in Tibet and in Himalayan countries such as
