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Choose happiness! Is mind wandering unwelcome?
Choose happiness!
Does mind wandering inevitably lead to unhappiness?
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Brain health in middle age; the science of meditation and mindfulness
Meditation and mindfulness may help to keep your brain young Continue reading
Posted in cognitive function, dementia, health psychology, MCI, mindfulness
Tagged attention, cognition, learning, neuroscience, well-being
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Better mental health through meditation?
Authors: Kieran C.R. Fox, R. Nathan Spreng, Melissa Ellamil, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Kalina Christoff Year: 2015 Title: The wandering brain: Meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of mind-wandering and related spontaneous thought processes Summary: Thinking about the most common effects on … Continue reading
Posted in clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, mind wandering, mindfulness, neuroimaging
Tagged anxiety, attention, health
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Can mindfulness help you to stop smoking?
Can mindfulness meditation help with smoking cessation or addiction? Stop smoking. Continue reading
Spiritual based meditation may help preserve cognitive function
Whilst intensive meditation practice may improve cognitive function, sustained daily practice may help maintain it. Continue reading
Deepening crisis in meditation research
Is contemporary mindfulness a meditation practice or something different? Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, CBCT, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, MBSR, mindfulness
Tagged Buddhism, methodology, neuroscience, stress
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Compassion and palliative care
Compassionate, loving kindness and mindfulness interventions in a palliative care setting. Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, compassion, health psychology, LKM, loneliness, mindfulness
Tagged compassion fatigue, mixed methods, palliative care
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Methodological problems in mindfulness research
Problems in how meditation is researched are highlighted in this meta study. But the paper stops short of explaining why its lost in a ‘theoretical mist’. Continue reading
Posted in CM, cognitive psychology, compassion, critical psychology, mindfulness
Tagged methodology
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How much does science know about meditation?
Scientific understanding of meditation and mindfulness Continue reading
Posted in cognitive psychology, mindfulness, neuroscience, religious studies
Tagged Buddhism, methodology, mindfulness, social context
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Putting the Meditator at the Centre of the Research
Meditators know the most about meditation, if science ignores them they miss a trick. Continue reading