Picard and Murugan introduce the energy resistance principle (ERP), a testable framework outlining how resistance to energy flow sustains life and shapes health. Excess resistance (éR) promotes hallma...

Meditation-induced self-boundary dissolution can be predicted from magnetoencephalography recordings using Lempel-Ziv complexity and oscillatory power as neural markers. We demonstrate significantly ...

Neurofluids, including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and interstitial fluid, circulate through regulated central nervous system pathways to clear cereb...

The brain’s ability to route information selectively is vital for perception and behavior. Here, the authors demonstrate that routing causally depends on the precise synchronization of rhythmic neuron...

Two versions of the Nondual Awareness Dimensional Assessment-Trait (NADA) were developed as self-report measures of nondual awareness. The trait version of the NADA (NADA-T) was developed to assess du...

We endorse policymakers’ efforts to address the negative consequences of the attention economy’s technology but add that these approaches are often limited in their criticism of the systemic context o...

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When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals show mo...

Research on parapsychological (psi) phenomena is very relevant in the discussion of whether mental processes might go beyond the known limits of brain capacities. Nonetheless, most scientific and p...

Objectives Compassion is a valuable, trainable skill which can bring significant benefits to oneself and others. One method for developing compassion towards others is Tonglen, a Tibetan Buddhist medi...

Nature Reviews Cardiology - The physiological phenomenon whereby heart rate varies in phase with breathing in vertebrates has been known as ‘respiratory sinus arrhythmia’. In this...

During wakefulness, our thoughts transition between different contents. However, there are moments that are seemingly devoid of reportable content, referred to as mind blanking (MB). It remains unclea...

Although meditation is often treated as an individual practice, meditation teachers can play an important role. Drawing on the mixed-methods dataset of the Varieties of Contemplative Experience pro...

Abstract. Advanced meditation has been associated with long- and short-term psychological changes such as bliss, profound insight, and transformation of we

The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.

Apply for Postdoctoral Research Associate, Contemplative Research Fellow in Cognitive Science job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at Univer...

A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead

What is compassion? And how did it evolve? In this review, we integrate three evolutionary arguments that converge on the hypothesis that compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose pr...

Since mindfulness is something you can practice at home for free, it often sounds like the perfect tonic for stress and mental health issues.

University officials argued in court filings that the effects of the policy change “will be immediate and devastating.”

The observer effect (OE), the idea that observing a phenomenon changes it, has important implications across scientific disciplines involving measurement and observation. While often viewed as a confo...

Psychological science views anger as a normal, natural emotion that can be both adaptive and maladaptive, depending on how it is experienced, expressed, and managed. As a critical emotional experience...

Democratic attorneys general from states including New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are moving to keep funds flowing to state governments and cities.

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The CUHK JC School of Public Health and Primary Care and Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training are proud to present the ICM-AP 2025 conference. Join us for this 3-day event as we ex...

We speak to Eric Garland, an endowed professor in Health Sciences at the T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Californi...

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The American Journal of Psychiatry’s January issue is devoted entirely to psychedelics, providing an overview of some of the key methodological challenges and future directions for research and…

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