“What’s going on in that head of yours?” How many adults have asked an adolescent some form of that question? In his book, Brainstorm, a New York Times bestseller, Dr. Dan Siegel decided to go a step further and actually answer that question. The results are surprising—and very exciting. Read More 
A new study teases out the different benefits of four kinds of meditation. Read More
A new study explores whether mindfulness is the result of meditation, a natural disposition, or a spontaneous state of mind. Read More
Research suggests people are more open to original ideas after just a brief meditation practice. Read More
Four mindfulness skills athletes learn in order to stay in the moment with razor focus. Read More
Fifteen years after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was introduced to the world, this groundbreaking treatment only reaches a small percentage of people suffering from depression. Two innovators want to change that. Read More
Harvard research reveals how going on vacation, especially if you meditate while you're on vacation, restores your body and mind on a genetic level. Read More
Our brain can move very fast, and that can be a real problem. The tendency to make split-second assessments of people can lead to disastrous outcomes. Read More
Although there's lots of scientific information floating around about our brains, Barry Boyce explains, there's still so much we don't really understand. Read More
When your favorite mindfulness app says it’s based in science, check twice. Few actually are. Two mindfulness experts and app developers talked to Mindful about how most apps rely on the science of mindfulness in general to back up their claims, and how that could lead to problems—and fines—in the future, like it did for the brain-training company Lumosity. Read More
