Neuroscience
Why do people have slips of the tongue?
Have you visited Yew Nork? Does your stummy ache? What dog of bag food will we get?
Oct 25, 2022
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News tagged with mindfulness
Neuroscience
Decoder uses fMRI brain scans to reconstruct human thoughts
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a decoder that uses information from fMRI scans to reconstruct human thoughts. Jerry Tang, Amanda LeBel, Shailee Jain and Alexander Huth have published a paper ...
Neuroscience
Mindfulness training provides a natural high, study finds
New research from the University of Utah finds that a mindfulness meditation practice can produce a healthy altered state of consciousness in the treatment of individuals with addictive behaviors. Not unlike what one might ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Questioning mindfulness training for young people
Despite its increasing presence in Australian schools, there is a pressing need to better understand young people's experiences of mindfulness teaching to ensure it is actually of benefit, a leading education expert has warned.
Oct 12, 2022
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Neuroscience
Preventing dementia: Meditation still under investigation
Following a meditation program for 18 months can improve attention and socio-emotional regulation capacities for people over 65, finds a new study co-led by a UCL researcher.
Oct 12, 2022
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Neuroscience
Being absent while awake: How mind blanking helps us understand ongoing thinking
We generally consider that our mind is full of thoughts when we are awake. Like a river stream always running, we entertain our own dynamic mental stream: a thought can lead to another, relevant to what we do or not, ebbing ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researcher offers new explanation for consciousness
Consciousness is your awareness of yourself and the world around you. This awareness is subjective and unique to you.
Oct 3, 2022
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Medical research
Study finds mind-body practices lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes
Mind-body practices such as yoga and meditation are increasingly popular tools for promoting health and combating diseases, including type 2 diabetes. Approximately 66% of Americans with type 2 diabetes use mind-body practices ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain scans reveal the hidden shape of thinking and predict students' learning better than test scores
The traditional tests and grades that educators have long used may measure learning less accurately than scans of the brain, according to a new study published in Science Advances. The paper, authored by a team of researchers ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How college students perceive academic stress affects their mental well-being
Academic stress takes a toll on the mental well-being of certain groups of college students more than others—a correlation further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Rutgers New Jersey Medical School ...
Aug 9, 2022
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