Focus
Can Mindfulness Help You Enjoy Work More?
How an app-based intervention at work helps employees, a program that may reduce postpartum depression, and more from the latest mindfulness research.
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Mindfulness Research
Stay at the forefront of mindfulness science with Mindful.org's Mindfulness Research category. Here, we delve into the latest studies and findings that reveal the science behind mindfulness. Understand how mindfulness practices can impact the brain, enhance cognitive functions, and improve overall health and well-being. Our in-depth articles and analyses translate complex research into actionable insights, keeping you informed and knowledgeable about the empirical evidence supporting mindfulness.
Category: Mindfulness Research
Compassion
We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help.
By engaging in practices that increase awareness, focus on our similarities, and develop care and kindness, writes Mind & Life Institute Science Director Wendy Hasenkamp, we might also be loosening the hold of implicit bias.
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Calm
Find Your Focus: Own Your Attention in 12 Minutes a Day
Our ability to pay attention is unreliable when we’re under stress. In her new book Peak Mind, neuroscientist Amishi Jha explores cutting-edge research on elite soldiers revealing how mindfulness training protects our attentional resources, even in the most high-stress scenarios imaginable.
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Anxiety
Using Self-Compassion to Help With Recurring Depression
Recurring depression is a challenge for many people. New research shows that a mindfulness-based therapy for depression may help with low mood, by explicitly focusing on self-compassion.
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Focus
Trends in Mindfulness Research Over the Past 55 Years
Mindfulness literature has grown from a single article cited in 1966 to 2,808 in 2020. A recent publication from the journal Mindfulness traces the roots of research in the field and explores its developments over time.
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Focus
Mindfulness Improves Attention, Review Finds
We often hear about gaining greater focus through mindfulness practice. A new research review sheds light on some of the nuances regarding how improvements in attention are measured.
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Anxiety
Why Your Outbreath is Connected to Your Well-Being
What is the vagus nerve, and how does it connect to our breathing and emotions? Learn the science around this key messenger of the nervous system.
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Focus
Can Mindfulness Help Ease Aggression in Youth?
The nuances of improving attention, the possibility of unwanted side effects from meditating, and more highlights from current mindfulness research.
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Anxiety
Finding a Way to Measure and Study Our Internal Attention
When it comes to mental health, our internal world may matter more than we think.
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Anxiety
Can a Mindfulness-Based Therapy Replace Opioids?
As opioid addiction rates continue to climb, some chronic pain patients find that mindfulness helps by opening up space for acceptance and curiosity.
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