MediTation

Can meditation make you smarter?

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

Links

• 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.
• 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
• chill-out-rooms.com - online meditation
• Google tech talk on cognitive neuroscience of mindfulness meditation == See Also ==
• ImprovingIntelligence
• MindPerformanceHacks/LearnToMeditate?
• MindPerformanceHacks/UseTheFourfoldBreath?