Stories indexed under: Psychiatry
Total: 5
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Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain
March 25, 2008
Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Professor to be featured on ABC’s 20/20 tonight, Jan. 11
Jan. 11, 2008
Richard Davidson, the Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, will be featured on ABC’s 20/20 program tonight, Jan. 11, 2008.
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Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention
June 25, 2007
For hundreds of years, Tibetan monks and other religious people have used meditation to calm the mind and improve concentration. This week, a new study shows exactly how one common type of meditation affects the brain.
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Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
May 8, 2007
Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else.
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Study puts us one step closer to understanding the function of sleep
April 30, 2007
Sleep remains one of the big mysteries in biology. All animals sleep, and people who are deprived of sleep suffer physically, emotionally and intellectually. But nobody knows how sleep restores the brain.