WASHINGTON -- Mindfulness meditation is an increasingly popular treatment for anxiety, but testing its effectiveness in a convincing way has been difficult. Now a rigorously designed, NIH-sponsored ...

Cliff Saron, associate research scientist with the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain, talks with the Dalai Lama about his research during a visit to India in February 2009. Intensive mental training ...

On a Thursday night this past spring, about 15 dogs and their owners filed into the backyard of Bevill Dog Behavior. “They weren’t just a bunch of good, calm dogs,” owner Brad Bevill says. They were ...

A team found flaws in previous research that purported to show meditation could alter the brain's structure. In the mid-20th century, new evidence showed that the brain could be "plastic," and that ...

While preparing for overseas deployment with the U.S. Marines late last year, Staff Sgt. Nathan Hampton participated in a series of training exercises held at Camp Pendleton, Calif., designed to make ...

The University of Wisconsin was the first school to hire a full-time meditation coach for athletes. The hiring was influenced by a 2017 pilot program with former NFL players. Wisconsin football alumni ...

I can’t say I’m not informed about the benefits of mindfulness. But I still don’t practice it. At least, not in any formal, consistent way. There’s just something—or maybe some things—that seem to get ...

Meditation could protect older people against dementia, according to new research. The ancient relaxation technique boosts brainpower in over 65s, say scientists, specifically attention, awareness and ...