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Neural Plasticity, 2018 It has been suggested that the practice of meditation is associated to neuroplasticity phenomena, reducing age-related brain degeneration and improving cognitive functions. Neuroimaging studies have shown that the brain connectivity changes in meditators.
Anna Lardone +12 more
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Mindfulness Meditation for Primary Headache Pain: A Meta-Analysis
Chinese Medical Journal, 2018 Background: Several studies have reported that mindfulness meditation has a potential effect in controlling headaches, such as migraine and tension-type headache; however, its role remains controversial.
Qiang Gu, Jin-Chao Hou, Xiang-Ming Fang
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Meditation Based Awareness Training (MBAT) for psychological wellbeing: a qualitative examination of participant experiences [forthcoming] [PDF]
, 2014 Mindfulness-based interventions are reported as being efficacious treatments for a variety of psychological and somatic conditions. However, concerns have arisen relating to how mindfulness is operationalized in mindfulness-based interventions and ...
Griffiths, MD, Shonin, E, Van Gordon, W
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What Makes Them Happy? The Determinant Factors of Happiness Among Communities in an Endemic Phase
Health &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Due to its link to social welfare, happiness has gained interest from many stakeholders. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic has severely impacted community well‐being and happiness. The identification of community happiness factors, especially during an endemic phase, is vital for developing effective policy strategies.
Naziatul Aziah Mohd Radzi +3 more
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Exploring the Impact of Teacher-Led Silent Meditation Practices in Buddhist Sunday Schools
Journal of Nonformal EducationThere is a notable reluctance or uncertainty among practitioners regarding the effective grasp and application of health meditation techniques, which impacts the overall effectiveness of meditation education and potentially hinders the optimization of ...
I Ketut Damana, Colin Simonds
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Vipassana meditation: A naturalistic, preliminary observation in Muscat
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2001 Objectives: To assess the effects of Vipassana meditation on the physical and psychological health in a multi-ethnic population in the city of Muscat. Method: The subjects were participants of a Vipassana meditation course taught in a ten-day residential
Ala’Aldin Al-Hussaini +7 more
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Religions, 2022 The mid-twentieth century was celebrated in Theravāda civilizations as the halfway point in the five-thousand-year history of the Buddha’s dispensation, the sāsana.
Tony Scott
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Becoming Religious as an Education of Attention
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 279-290, September 2025.ABSTRACT A vast literature in the social scientific study of religion demonstrates that religious people are made not born. More specifically, researchers have shown that becoming religious is something that people must learn how to do. Adding to this well‐established focus on the socialization of religious subjects, I argue that becoming religious ...
Daniel Winchester
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PLoS ONE, 2019 So far, the large and expanding body of research on meditation has mostly focussed on the putative benefits of meditation on health and well-being. However, a growing number of reports indicate that psychologically unpleasant experiences can occur in the
Marco Schlosser +4 more
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Brain and Behavior, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.How do we accurately measure mind wandering? This review compares five methods: from self‐reports (prone to bias) to brain scans (precise but expensive). No single method captures all aspects, so we propose the MAMW framework—a unified approach combining strengths of each technique.
Sholeh Nazari +2 more
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