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The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2015 Mar 18; Authors: Tang YY, Hölzel BK, Posner MI Abstract. Research over the past two decades broadly supports the claim that mindfulness meditation - practiced widely for the reduction of stress and promotion of health - exerts beneficial effects on physical and mental health, and cognitive performance. Recent neuroimaging studies have begun to uncover the brain areas and networks that mediate these positive effects. However, the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear, and it is apparent that more...

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as a Stress Management Intervention for Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2014 Jul 22; Authors: Sharma M, Rush SE Stress is a global public health problem with several negative health consequences, including anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, and suicide. Mindfulness-based stress reduction...

Effect of Meditation on Cognitive Functions in Context of Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Front Behav Neurosci. 2014;8:17 Authors: Marciniak R, Sheardova K, Cermáková P, Hudeček D,...

Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on distressed (type D) personality traits: a randomized controlled trial. J Behav Med. 2013 Aug;36(4):361-70  Authors: Nyklíček I, van Beugen...

Via Medgadget A group of Polish engineers is working on a smart sleeping mask that they hope will allow people to get more out of their resting time, as well as allow for unusual sleeping...