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I surfed through the links quite rapidly, but I haven't seen any description on what exactly exercises they used. "Meditation" is a term so easily abused, you k

by krick 12y ago

I surfed through the links quite rapidly, but I haven't seen any description on what exactly exercises they used. "Meditation" is a term so easily abused, you know. There's quite a few schools calling "meditation" something completely different, some techniques almost opposites (quite literally) of each other. Hell, why to talk about different schools when even Zen has both very different zazen and other meditation practices, which all could be commonly referred to as "meditation" by western people! So I would hope to see some more detailed explanation of what participants were told to do, which I couldn't see somehow. In other case it sounds only a little more meaningful than "Participating in an eight-week doing something program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory".

kranner 12y ago
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092549271000288X http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925492710... Looks like Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a specific practice developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
- estefan 12y ago
  I can't recommend his "Mindfulness for Beginners" book enough. Although I've been "meditating" for years, this book is packed with subtleties that are easily missed. In other teachings, it can be very difficult to separate religious dogma ("all you need is love, man") to the things that actually make a difference, scientifically, to your practice ("bring gentleness and kindness to the process"). One line especially made me realise I'd missed something important for years: Be aware "as if your life depended on it". That's about it.
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ArtDev 12y ago
Look for Vipassana or Mindfulness meditation. Perfect for Atheists! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81
- krick 12y ago
  I thought "atheist" is an insult, huh… But whatever, it doesn't have anything to do with a topic. Question was about what participants were told to do in this particular study, and other people already pointed it out. And it's not Vipassana.

by krick 12y ago

kranner 12y ago

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092549271000288X http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925492710... Looks like Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a specific practice developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

estefan 12y ago
I can't recommend his "Mindfulness for Beginners" book enough. Although I've been "meditating" for years, this book is packed with subtleties that are easily missed. In other teachings, it can be very difficult to separate religious dogma ("all you need is love, man") to the things that actually make a difference, scientifically, to your practice ("bring gentleness and kindness to the process"). One line especially made me realise I'd missed something important for years: Be aware "as if your life depended on it". That's about it.

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ArtDev 12y ago

Look for Vipassana or Mindfulness meditation. Perfect for Atheists! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81

krick 12y ago
I thought "atheist" is an insult, huh… But whatever, it doesn't have anything to do with a topic. Question was about what participants were told to do in this particular study, and other people already pointed it out. And it's not Vipassana.