Tag: mindfulness

Study suggests mindfulness interventions can help change health behaviours

From the Wolters Kluwer Health press release: A growing body of evidence supports the effectiveness of mindfulness approaches to promote positive changes in health behaviors. New neurobiologically based models of… Read more »

Study suggests a brief pilot intervention enhances preschoolers’ self-regulation and food liking

From the Elsevier press release: Mindfulness training and engaging in classroom-based games can influence self-regulation and food liking when introduced during the preschool years according to a new study in… Read more »

Study suggests staying in touch with emotions can help reduce pandemic-induced stress

From the University of Iowa press release: Everybody, it seems, is stressed out to some degree by the coronavirus pandemic. It may be anguish over the sickness or death of… Read more »

Study suggests yoga and meditation can help reduce chronic pain

From the American Osteopathic Association press release: A mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement in participant perceptions… Read more »

Study suggests mindfulness combined with hypnotherapy can help highly stressed people

From the Baylor University press release: A new treatment for stress which combines mindfulness with hypnotherapy has shown positive results in a Baylor University pilot study. The intervention is called… Read more »

Study suggests mindfulness improves decision-making, attention in children with autism

From the Rutgers University press release: School-based mindfulness programs can improve decision-making skills and teach children with autism to focus attention and react less impulsively through breathing exercises that will… Read more »

Study suggests mindfulness training shows promise for people with MS

From the Ohio State University press release: New research suggests mindfulness training may help multiple sclerosis patients in two very different ways: regulating negative emotions and improving processing speed. People… Read more »