Media headlines highlighting neuroscience studies on meditation have been capturing a lot of attention. Such studies often suggest that mindfulness or compassion meditation might be changing activity ...
ORLANDO, FLA. (Ivanhoe Newswire)– Scientists estimate that between 200 million to 500 million people meditate worldwide. And more than 14% of Americans have meditated at least once. This popular ...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The nonprofit InnerScience Research Fund has committed $10 million to UC San Diego over the next five years for research on how meditation may slow the progression of serious ...
Mindfulness meditation proponents often tout it as a way to create a more compassionate society. But that claim seems a bit dubious upon first glance. After all, meditation is an internal ...
People who treat others with compassion often feel more at ease themselves. This is the key finding of a new study by Majlinda Zhuniq, Dr. Friedericke Winter, and Professor Corina Aguilar-Raab from ...
More than a quarter of people who regularly meditate have had a 'particularly unpleasant' psychological experience related to the practice, including feelings of fear and distorted emotions, a UCL-led ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ...
More than a quarter of people who regularly meditate have had a 'particularly unpleasant' psychological experience related to the practice, including feelings of fear and distorted emotions, a new ...