Calm
Does Mind-Wandering Make You Unhappy?
When are we happiest? When we stay in the moment, says researcher Matt Killingsworth.
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Mindfulness Research
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Category: Mindfulness Research
Health
Brian Eno Composes Calming Music for Hospitals
Listen to a sample track from a hospital room designed to help patients relax.
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Calm
Rewiring Your Emotions
Think you're destined to respond the same way emotionally to the same old triggers? Not necessarily so, says Sharon Begley. With a little mind training, you can chart new pathways.
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Anxiety
Beyond McMindfulness: Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater
Elisha Goldstein on the commodification of mindfulness.
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Calm
Mind-Body Training Could Improve Medical Students’ Compassion and Stress Levels
A new study shows that training in yoga, meditation, and the neuroscience behind each could improve self-compassion and stress levels among medical students.
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Calm
Teens Get More than Higher Test Scores with Mindfulness
Beyond grades, this study suggests that teens can rewire their ability to regulate attention and stress.
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Mindfulness Research
How Compassionate is Your Workplace?
Take the Compassionate Organizations quiz from the Greater Good Science Center.
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Anxiety
Mindfulness might help veterans with PTSD, study suggests
A new study shows how veterans with Post-Trauamtic Stress Disorder (PSTD) saw their symptoms decrease after one eight-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course.
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Mindfulness Research
Livestream available for International Scientific Conference, April 17-21
Investigating and Integrating Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society will be available by livestream. Registration is still open.
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Calm
Green spaces can put the brain in a meditative state, study finds
Participants were asked to walk through urban areas and leafy areas. Those surrounded by green reported less frustration and more engagement.
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