Alexandra McHale

Brief, daily meditation enhances attention, memory, mood, and emotional regulation in non-experienced meditators.

Behavioural Brain Research January 1, 2019 Julia C. Basso, Alexandra McHale, Victoria Ende et al.

Meditation is an ancient practice that cultivates a calm yet focused mind; however, little is known about how short, practical meditation practices affect cognitive functioning in meditation-naïve populations. To address this question, we randomized subjects (ages of 18-45) who were non-experienced meditators into either a 13-min daily guided meditation session or a 13-min daily podcast...