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Improved arithmetic is a side effect. I doubt there is any way to meaningfully quantify the beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation. Any long-term practiti
by hosh 13y ago
Improved arithmetic is a side effect. I doubt there is any way to meaningfully quantify the beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation. Any long-term practitioner would be able to tell you that.
- mbrock 13y agoHmm. Tell Alan Wallace, the Shamatha Project, and the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain! There's a lot of interesting variables and correlations to study in relation to meditation. My Zen teacher talked about some Shamatha Project study that found sustained concentration meditation to decrease neuroticism and increase conscientiousness. Anecdotally, he confirmed that this is what he has seen as a meditation teacher. I find it really weird to measure the efficacy of meditation by arithmetic puzzles, though. Is anyone claiming meditation makes you better at math? That doesn't seem like a big area of interest to me.