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Tattva - Journal of Philosophy 2016 Merina Islam 1 citation
J. Krishnamurti, whose life and teachings spanned the greater part of the 20th Century, is regarded by many as one who has had the most profound impact on human consciousness in modern times. He talked of the things that concern all of us in our everyday life: the problems of living in modern society, the individual’s search for security, and the need for human beings to free themselves from...
Philosophy East West Exploring Intersections Between Educational and Contemplative Practices 2016 18 citations
Philosophy East/West showcases new scholarship in the philosophy of education and contemplative studies, paying particular attention to the intersection of mindfulness, evidence-based science, and wisdom traditions. Moves beyond simplistic explanations of “Eastern” and “Western” to explore the complexity and diversity of various wisdom traditions Investigates the effect of mindfulness-based...
Neural Plasticity 2016 Chuan-Chih Yang, Alfonso Barrós‐loscertales, Daniel Pinazo et al. 284 citations
The topic of investigating how mindfulness meditation training can have antidepressant effects via plastic changes in both resting state and meditation state brain activity is important in the rapidly emerging field of neuroplasticity. In the present study, we used a longitudinal design investigating resting state fMRI both before and after 40 days of meditation training in 13 novices. After...
Mindfulness in behavioral health 2016 Rick Repetti 27 citations
A critical reply to the anti-mindfulness critics in the collection, who oppose the popular secularized adoption of mindfulness on various grounds (it is not Buddhism, it is Buddhism, it is a tool of neo-capitalist exploitation, etc.), I argue that mindfulness is a quality of consciousness, opposite mindlessness, that may be cultivated through practice, and is almost always beneficial to those...
International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2016 Ravinder Jerath 8 citations
Our experiences with the external world are possible mainly through vision, hearing, taste, touch, and smell providing us a sense of reality. How the brain is able to seamlessly integrate stimuli from our external and internal world into our sense of reality has yet to be adequately explained in the literature. We have previously proposed a three-dimensional unified model of consciousness that...
December 31, 2015 Sanford Nidich
C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Nidich S, Nidich RJ, Salerno J, Hadfield B, Elder C (2015) Stress Reduction with the Transcendental Meditation Program in Caregivers: A Pilot Study. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 1:011 Received: August 11, 2015: Accepted: October 30, 2015: Published: November 02, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Nidich S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms...
Mindfulness December 27, 2015 Peter Malinowski, Adam William Moore, Bethan R. Mead et al. 116 citations
There is growing interest in the potential benefits of mindfulness meditation practices in terms of counteracting some of the cognitive effects associated with aging. Pursuing this question, the aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of mindfulness training on executive control and emotion regulation in older adults, by means of studying behavioral and electrophysiological...
World Journal of Psychiatry December 22, 2015 V. Modesto-Lowe, Pantea Farahmand, Margaret Chaplin et al.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manifests by high levels of inattention, impulsiveness and hyperactivity. ADHD starts in childhood and results in impairments that continue into adulthood. While hyperactivity declines over time, inattention and executive function difficulties persist, leading to functional deficits. Adolescents and adults with ADHD have pervasive impairment in...
Pediatrics December 19, 2015 Erica Sibinga, Lindsey Webb, Sharon R. Ghazarian et al. 233 citations
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Many urban youth experience significant and unremitting negative stressors, including those associated with community violence, multigenerational poverty, failing educational systems, substance use, limited avenues for success, health risks, and trauma. Mindfulness instruction improves psychological functioning in a variety of adult populations; research on mindfulness...
Behavioral Medicine December 11, 2015 Mary Catherine George, Arada Wongmek, Michelle Kaku et al.
Treatment guidelines for chronic pain recommend nonpharmacologic modalities as part of a comprehensive management plan. Chronic pain is common among people living with HIV/AIDS, but there is little data to guide the choice of nonpharmacologic therapies in this complex population. We performed a mixed-methods feasibility study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) versus health education...