Meditating to prepare yourself for future emotions. People have been doing it for ages, but the longterm emotional effect was never scientifically proven. Now it has. American researchers recorded activity changes in peoples brain, after meditation.
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A meditation technique may reduce loneliness, chronic inflammation and risk of disease in seniors, according to a new study. 
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Can you consciously increase your intelligence? That question was the title of an article I wrote in April for the New York Times Magazine, examining studies showing that people who train their working memory with specially designed games show increases in their fluid intelligence, the ability to solve novel problems and identify patterns. More on MEDITATION: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=medidation
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A sense of tranquility can go a long way for cancer patients. Calming techniques like yoga and meditation can improve quality of life and treatment response for cancer patients.
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A new meditation and mindfulness research study on executive control suggests that mindfulness is effective in increasing executive functioning via enhanced emotional acceptance. Articles about MEDITATION: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=meditation
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Certain meditation techniques can promote creative thinking. This is the outcome of a study by cognitive psychologists. Articles about MEDITATION: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=meditation
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This new book presents a groundbreaking dialogue that took place in 2005 between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and leading researchers and teachers from both Eastern and Western traditions. The event was sponsored by the Mind & Life Institute, a Colorado-based nonprofit that studies the intersection of science and meditation; this was its second such public meeting following a similar 2003 gathering at MIT. The excerpt below comes from the book’s Epilogue, which summarizes in scholarly fashion various clinical and basic studies on meditation published between 2006 and 2011.
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A study by the University of Liverpool has found an increasing number of shared spaces for prayer, reflection and meditation, despite the declining popularity of established religion.
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Neuroscientist Sara Lazar's amazing brain scans show meditation can actually change the size of key regions of our brain, improving our memory and making us more empathetic, compassionate, and resilient under stress. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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An Oxford term might not strike everyone as a natural environment for the pursuit of inner peace; but in Michaelmas twenty students went through a course designed to help us find just that. With a little help, obviously, from dried fruit.
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Science is beginning to show that meditation can have a major impact on the way our brain and bodies function, write Jonathan Krygier and Andrew Kemp.
Tyler's curator insight,
January 10, 2013 11:04 AM
Meditation has always been an intriguing form of stress relief to me. Of the many different techniques, this one seems to be the most difficult for people to do. To be able to seperate our mind from the world around us is a daunting task, which is why I am glad that I found this article. This helped tremendously with my education on the subject, and I walked away far more intrigued than I was beforehand. Although I will probably stick to easier ways of reducing stress, I am glad that I at least was able to learn a bit more about meditation and the benefits that it brings. 
Brady Wyman's curator insight,
March 25, 2013 12:03 PM
Shows benefits of meditation on mental health.
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Release Tension in the Mind Through the Body (There is an excellent technique that is used in meditation that can be adapted to use throughout the day http://t.co/EtC53Cce...)... Via Lesley Rodgers
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A study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience suggests that the use of compassion-based meditation -- a form of meditation that focuses on mindfulness in relationships -- improves people's ability to read others' expressions and act accordingly
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Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson is an expert in the pleasure center of the brain that works in tandem with our financial decisions - the biology behind why we bypass the kitchen coffeemaker to buy the $4 Starbucks coffee every day. Via Sandeep Gautam
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A Texas Tech University scientist studying the Chinese mindfulness meditation known as integrative body-mind training (IBMT) said he and other researchers have confirmed and expanded on changes in structural efficiency of white matter in the brain that can be related to positive behavioral changes in subjects practicing the technique for a month and a minimum of 11 hours total.
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The audible difference between the two states of mind suggests a large difference between ordinary consciousness and meditation. They are quite harmonious in themselves, but dissonant when played together. You can't step in the same stream of consciousness twice.
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Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a "God spot," one distinct area of the brain responsible for spirituality. Now, University of Missouri researchers have completed research that indicates spirituality is a complex phenomenon, and multiple areas of the brain are responsible for the many aspects of spiritual experiences. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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A new mindfulness research study (Ostafin, B. D., & Kassman, K. T, In Press) examined whether mindfulness could help improve participants' insight problem solving skills. Their hypothesis was that mindfulness might aid in solving of problems that require creative, nonhabitual responses. Articles about PSYCHOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=psychology
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Schoolteachers who underwent a short but intensive program of meditation were less depressed, anxious or stressed -- and more compassionate and aware of others' feelings, according to a UCSF-led study that blended ancient meditation practices with the most current scientific methods for regulating emotions
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Earlier evidence out of UCLA suggested that meditating for years thickens the brain (in a good way) and strengthens the connections between brain cells. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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Brain-enhancing device invented by student Jay Vidyarthi is exhibited at TEDActive in Palm Springs, CA. What if the brain gains associated with meditation practice could be married to the soothing elements of music in an incredibly comfortable cocoon of darkness? What if technology could be used to foster positive mood and mind states? Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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Simple meditation techniques, backed up with modern scientific knowledge of the brain, are helping kids hard-wire themselves to be able to better pay attention and become kinder, says neuroscientist Richard Davidson.
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When we learn that we have lots of control over our internal processes, stress can be markedly reduced. We can choose another thought in any given moment or choose not to hold on to and ruminate over our negative thoughts. The best way I have found to do this is through a regular mindfulness practice
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Meditation-The Controlled Psychophysical Self-Regulation Process That Works Publication Date: Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 348-353,...
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Shows how meditation can increase emotional stability to allow better coping with stress.