Humans have less attention span than goldfish! A number of sites, including Time.com, reported a few years ago that we were only able to hold our attention for 8 seconds, compared with 9 seconds for a ...

From a young age, people learn the importance of paying attention to the environment around them. Less emphasized is the ...

UC Davis neuroscientist Clifford Saron and the Dalai Lama after the Mind and Life conference on Attention, Memory and the Mind, McLoed Ganj, India, April 2009. (Courtesy of the Office of His Holiness ...

Regular and intensive meditation sessions over the course of a lifetime could help a person remain attentive and focused well into old age. This is according to the most extensive longitudinal study ...

of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. They studied 17 people who were experienced in meditation and 23 people of similar backgrounds who were novices in meditation.

A new study from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology reveals that just 30 days of guided mindfulness meditation can significantly enhance key aspects of attentional control - especially how ...

The idea that meditation is good for you is certainly not new, but scientists are still trying to figure out exactly why meditating so reliably improves mental and physical health. One old theory is ...

Can you come home to yourself? Meditation is to the mind what aerobic exercise is to the body. Like exercise, there are many good ways to do it, and you can find the one that suits you best. Studies ...