Mentat Wiki: Medi Tation

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< * [http://www.mum.edu/tm_research/bibliography.html Bibliography of research on transcendental meditation]
< ** you should be careful when taking for granted any "research" coming from Maharishi "University". While some of their meditation techniques may be beneficial and efficient (as are many other, non-TM meditation practices), the "Transcendental Meditation" comes with large overhead/baggage of spiritualist/anti-realist junk than no-one in any related science takes for serious.

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> * [https://research.miu.edu/tm-technique/bibliography/ Bibliography of research on transcendental meditation]
> ** you should be careful when taking for granted any "research" coming from Maharishi "University". While some of their meditation techniques may be beneficial and efficient (as are many other, non-TM meditation practices), the "Transcendental Meditation" comes with large overhead/baggage of spiritualist/anti-realist junk than no-one in any related science takes for serious. These issues are addressed [http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/TMResearch/TMResearchIssues/index.cfm here]. See also the book, [http://www.amazon.com/Transcendence-Healing-Transformation-Transcendental-Meditation/dp/1585429929/ Transcendence], by [http://normanrosenthal.com/biography.html Dr. Norman Rosenthal]. There is a large body of excellent, peer-reviewed published research on TM, including randomized controlled trials, and ongoing funding from the NIH.

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< * Google has several Tech Talks about Meditation. Shinezen Young gave an excellent talk called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCWP4pODbs Divide and Conquer: How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science]. Philippe Goldin also gave a talk called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6Q0G1iHBI Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation] about neuroscience's research and adoption of meditation.

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> * Google has several Tech Talks about Meditation. Shinzen Young gave an excellent talk called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCWP4pODbs Divide and Conquer: How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science]. Philippe Goldin also gave a talk called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6Q0G1iHBI Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation] about neuroscience's research and adoption of meditation.

Can meditation make you smarter?

A review of the evidence suggests that it might...

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Controlled study suggesting that meditation improves intelligence
Bibliography of research on transcendental meditation
* you should be careful when taking for granted any "research" coming from Maharishi "University". While some of their meditation techniques may be beneficial and efficient (as are many other, non-TM meditation practices), the "Transcendental Meditation" comes with large overhead/baggage of spiritualist/anti-realist junk than no-one in any related science takes for serious. These issues are addressed here. See also the book, Transcendence, by Dr. Norman Rosenthal. There is a large body of excellent, peer-reviewed published research on TM, including randomized controlled trials, and ongoing funding from the NIH.
Mindfulness - article at Wikipedia
Article by Sharon Begley (author of "Train your mind, change your brain", suggesting that meditation can bring about positive changes in the brain
Article in WSJ - Scans of Monks' Brains Show Meditation Alters Structure, Functioning
Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain
Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation - academic paper
Mental training affects distribution of limited brain resources - suggests meditation can improve performance related to the "attentional blink"
Meditation builds up the brain - article in the New Scientist
Google has several Tech Talks about Meditation. Shinzen Young gave an excellent talk called Divide and Conquer: How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science. Philippe Goldin also gave a talk called Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation about neuroscience's research and adoption of meditation.
Mindfulness In Plain English, a free book on mindfulness meditation (vipassana bhavana), one of the two main modes of Buddhist meditation (the other one being loving-kindness meditation, metta bhavana).

See Also

ImprovingIntelligence
MindPerformanceHacks/LearnToMeditate?
MindPerformanceHacks/UseTheFourfoldBreath?