“How you react to the world tells you more about yourself than it tells you about the world.” That’s Carmine Anastasio, an adjunct philosophy professor at the University of Dayton, and former adjunct ...

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Humans have less attention span than goldfish! A number of sites, including Time.com, reported a few years ago that we were only able to hold our attention for 8 seconds, compared with 9 seconds for a ...

Why meditate? Outside of religious contexts, the most common reason is stress management. But as these latest research findings demonstrate, meditation is much more than just a relaxation technique.

Meditation may calm the mind, but a recent study suggests it can also reshape brain activity by profoundly altering brain ...

The idea that meditation is good for you is certainly not new, but scientists are still trying to figure out exactly why meditating so reliably improves mental and physical health. One old theory is ...

Neuroimaging in an adept meditator revealed rich patterns of brain activity in specific cortical, subcortical, brainstem, and cerebellar regions associated with an advanced practice of meditation ...

We often think of meditation as something that can help us feel better. But did you know it can also help us to be better? While there are many forms of meditation, and not all of them may help us ...

Meditation and mindfulness are widely praised for mental well-being, but experts say they may also have hidden risks. Here’s ...