Research over the past two decades broadly supports the claim that mindfulness meditation—
practiced widely for the reduction of stress and promotion of health—exerts beneficial effects …

Objectives Despite being an ancient tradition, meditation has only become a popular inquiry
of research over the past few decades. This resurgence can partially be attributed to the …

Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive
functions, including working memory Page 166 8 Review of the Evidence on, and Fundamental …

This study investigated the impact of nature experience on affect and cognition. We
randomly assigned sixty participants to a 50-min walk in either a natural or an urban …

Meditation is an ancient practice that cultivates a calm yet focused mind; however, little is
known about how short, practical meditation practices affect cognitive functioning in …

Recent research has begun to identify the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial
impact of mindfulness meditation training (MMT) on health and cognition. However, little is …

Given that the ability to attend to a task without distraction underlies performance in a wide
variety of contexts, training one's ability to stay on task should result in a similarly broad …

In recent years the concept of mindfulness has become increasingly popular, and with good
reason. A growing body of research indicates that mindfulness provides a number of …

Within the past few decades, there has been a surge of interest in the investigation of
mindfulness as a psychological construct and as a form of clinical intervention. This article …

Although the psychological benefits of mindfulness training on emotion regulation are well-
documented, the precise mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear. In the …