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I don't know anything about the neurological side of things, but many forms of meditation are all about attention management. Put another way: if meditation do
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
I don't know anything about the neurological side of things, but many forms of meditation are all about attention management.
Put another way: if meditation doesn't boost attention, you're probably not doing it right.
- SMrF 16y agoAfter upvoting this comment I had a second thought: I think the hypothesis of meditation is that it improves attention, (and that is indeed the point). But has that hypothesis been proved? I can provide my own anecdotal evidence that indeed, it seems as if a meditation practice has boosted my attention span. But this is not really science.
- michael_dorfman 16y agoYes, there are dozens of studies on the effects of meditation. Here's one specifically on attention span: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714121737.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714121737.ht...
- neurotech1 16y agoYour probably correct; "if meditation doesn't boost attention, you're probably not doing it right." As an EEG tech, the stories from the 70s were somewhat legendary, about meditation and EEG. Alpha training was considered almost magical.
- kragen 16y agoWhat were these stories?