News tagged with meditation techniques

Mind over matter? Study reveals for the first time that core body temperature can be controlled by the brain

A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov from the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences showed, for the first time, that it is ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 08, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

Preventing chronic pain with stress management

For chronic pain sufferers, such as people who develop back pain after a car accident, avoiding the harmful effects of stress may be key to managing their condition. This is particularly important for people with a smaller-than-average ...

Neuroscience Feb 25, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation

People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma—in which psychological stress plays a major role—may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, ...

Immunology Jan 16, 2013 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Yoga, deep breathing used to treat soldiers' stress

Rich Low dreamed of Iraq long after he returned home from the war.

Psychology & Psychiatry Aug 27, 2012 | not rated yet | 1

Finding right meditation technique key to user satisfaction

New to meditation and already thinking about quitting? You may have simply chosen the wrong method. A new study published online July 7 in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing highlights the import ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jul 06, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Chinese mindfulness meditation prompts double positive punch in brain white matter

Scientists studying the Chinese mindfulness meditation known as integrative body-mind training (IBMT) say they've confirmed and expanded their findings on changes in structural efficiency of white matter in the brain that ...

Neuroscience Jun 11, 2012 | 5 / 5 (9) | 0 |

Breast cancer survivors benefit from practicing Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction

Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face health challenges after their ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 29, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Tuning out: How brains benefit from meditation

Experienced meditators seem to be able switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new brain imaging study by ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 21, 2011 | 4.7 / 5 (47) | 20 |