During the times when neurodegenerative challenges in older individuals are beginning to add to the healthcare burden, attempts are being made to test whether awareness-based activities, especially inward-focused activities such as mindfulness, are of any use in slowing down age-related cognitive decline among humans. Some of the newer studies are suggesting that it is likelyRead more
PARMJIT SINGH, PhD
Who does not want to keep their brain ageless? Market is often replete with claims and products purporting to make our brain better: improve memory, delay onset of age-related decline and many more. However, one of the most under-rated yet effective way to protect and optimize our brain may be available to us at noRead more
In our culture we spend a significant amount of time in a working environment. Whether some one is self-employed or working for or with someone else, it occupies most of our waking time (and sometime even intrudes into our sleep by keeping us awake). Having a family or other care-giving responsibilities on the top addsRead more
Studies related to mindfulness and meditation so far suggest that focused attention tends to improve psychological well-being. It does so by reframing our relationship to one’s own self, toning down reactions to stressful events, nurturing positive emotions, reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression and above all improving generalized sense of well-being. One recent study publishedRead more
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