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Experiment shows brief meditative exercise helps cognition
- DenisM 16y agoI'm sold. Where do I start?
- ascuttlefish 16y agoThere are a variety of resources in this thread, including the OP: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=587032 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=587032 Shamatha, peaceful abiding, or mindfulness meditation is what is referred to in the study. Vipassana goes a bit further than that into active meditation. I've never tried that and have no knowledge of its efficacy.
- DenisM 16y agoI didn't realize the "Shamatha" keyword would suffice, but it does! The first link here has schedule for practice sessions in Seattle. http://www.google.com/search?q=Shamatha%2C+seattle http://www.google.com/search?q=Shamatha%2C+seattle Now, I need to find an objective way to measure before and after. Ideas?
- stereo 16y agoTheir control group isn't very good. My hypothesis: listening to The Hobbit distracts you, and it's harder to concentrate right afterwards because you're still thinking about the book in the back of your mind.