New research suggests that the same areas in the brain that are activated by physical pain are also activated at moments of intense social rejection. “Social Rejection Shares Somatosensory Representations With Physical Pain,” was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study’s lead author,…
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New research shows promise for women undergoing certain infertility treatments—they’re more likely to become pregnant if they take part in a simultaneous stress reduction program. The finding, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, raises new and controversial questions about the role that stress may play in infertility.
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Modern technology presents both amazing opportunities and incredible challenges for today's young people. The Wisdom 2.0 Youth Conference will explore this balance. With more than 75 per cent of teens now owning cell phones, and sending or receiving an average of 3,339 texts a month, the impact…
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"So there I was driving," writes Elisha Goldstein, "only to look up and find that I was three exits past where I needed to get off. Talk about being on auto-pilot. Sound familiar?"
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Asthma cases in the U.S. are on the rise, and mindfulness has been shown to help mitigate attacks. Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed new statistics indicating that nearly 1 in 12 Americans were diagnosed with asthma by 2009. The Vital Signs report found that people diagnosed…
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Somerville officials want their city to be the first in the United States to systematically track people’s happiness. Like some European leaders, such as in Britain and France, for example, the officials say they want to move beyond the traditional measures of success (such as economic growth) to promote policies…
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Quest for Where to Go Next: A Wilderness-Based Path Through Change Jim Marsden leads transformative group “quests” in the wilderness, helping individuals and organizations navigate crises by tapping into the potent experiences of the natural world they first encountered as children. Barry Boyce reports on how these…
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What if, once an hour, you brought your life back to what is happening right now? Elisha Goldstein offers this practice.
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Change the way you take pictures—and change the way you see the world, say Andy Karr and Michael Wood.
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Is it just us, or are references to meditation showing up more frequently in mainstream news? In fact, they seem to be showing up in some of the strangest f---ing places...
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