In a new study of a Brown University scholarly course on mindfulness that also included meditation labs, researchers found that the practice on average significantly helped women overcome “negative affect” — a downcast mood —… Read More »Mindfulness Class Helped Women, But Not Men, Overcome ‘Negative Affect’
By Katherine Burton and and Anthony Effinger for Bloomberg News/Financial Post When stock and bond markets took a dive in late January, hedge-fund manager David Ford kept his cool. Ford watched emerging markets melt down… Read More »To Make a Killing in the Markets, Start Meditating
Linda Heuman interviews scientist and Buddhist Willoughby Britton: As a scientist and as a Buddhist, what do you make of the AHRQ report? The report sounds pretty fair. This review—and pretty much every one before… Read More »Science Claims for Mediation Effects Overstated