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Original Source: The Effects of Well-being Interventions on Affect, Attention, Sleep, Social Stress and Pain Regulation
This study is focused on the brain mechanisms and peripheral biological correlates of two different forms of meditation--mindfulness-based and compassion/loving-kindness. Project 1 is focused on the impact of compassion/loving-kindness meditation on emotional reactivity and emotion regulation. Project 2 is focused on the neural and behavioral correlates of mindfulness meditation and attention and pain regulation. In addition, Project 2 will examine the relations between changes...
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Social phobia social anxiety disorder
Social anxiety is the third largest psychological problem in the United States today, affecting 15 million Americans a year. It is far from well understood by the medical community. Examples...
Circadian rhythm sleep disorder shift work disorder
Autism affects half a million people in the UK. Men are affected more than women. People with autism have said that the world, to them, is a mass of people, places and events which they struggle t...
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The Science Behind Mindfulness
Achieving mindfulness through meditation has helped people maintain a healthy mind by quelling negative emotions and thoughts, such as desire, anger and anxiety, and encouraging more positive disposit...
Mindfulness meditation may ease chronic inflammatory conditions
People with chronic inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis may benefit from practising mindfulness meditation techniques, research has shown.Mindfulness meditation is a stress reduction...
It's no secret that pregnancy hormones can dampen moods, but for some expectant moms, it's much worse: 1 in 5 experience major depression. Now, new research shows that an age-old recommended stress-bu...
Learn to Live in the Now [Video]
Being mindful means being acutely aware of what is happening now--rather than drifting into the past or musing about the future--without emotionally reacting to these ongoing events. Maintaining a foc...
BWH researchers propose new model that shifts how we think about mindfulness
Achieving mindfulness through meditation has helped people maintain a healthy mind by quelling negative emotions and thoughts, such as desire, anger and anxiety, and encouraging more positive disposit...
More than good vibes: Researchers propose the science behind mindfulness
Achieving mindfulness through meditation has helped people maintain a healthy mind by quelling negative emotions and thoughts, such as desire, anger and anxiety, and encouraging more positive disposit...
Early autism intervention improves brain responses to social cues
An autism intervention program that emphasizes social interactions and is designed for children as young as 12 months has been found to improve cognitive skills and brain responses to faces, considere...
PTSD: Mindfulness Exercises Improve Symptoms, Cortisol Level
The effects persist for at least 8 weeks after intervention, investigators say. Medscape Medical News
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The direct and indirect benefits of dispositional mindfulness on self-esteem and social anxiety.
The current study investigated relationships between dispositional mindfulness, self-esteem, and social anxiety using self-report measures. Correlational data were collected from 205 Australian underg...
Effects of Brief and Sham Mindfulness Meditation on Mood and Cardiovascular Variables.
Abstract Objectives: Although long-term meditation has been found to reduce negative mood and cardiovascular variables, the effects of a brief mindfulness meditation intervention when compared to a sh...
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence showing beneficial effects of mindfulness and mindfulness training on various indicators of mental and physical health. PURPOSE: This paper reports the 6-month...
Immediate effects of a brief mindfulness-based body scan on patients with chronic pain.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has benefits for those with chronic pain. MBSR typically entails an intensive 8-week intervention. The effects of very brief mindfulness interventions are unk...
Hypertension affects a large proportion of urban African-American older adults. While there have been great strides in drug development, many older adults do not have access to such medicines or do no...
