There is increasing interest in the beneficial clinical effects of mindfulness-based
interventions (MBIs). Research has demonstrated their efficacy in a wide range of …

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 …

Mindfulness is often used as an umbrella term to characterize a large number of practices,
processes, and characteristics. Critics argue that this broad definition has led to …

Numerous studies have begun to address how the brain's gray and white matter may be
shaped by meditation. This research is yet to be integrated, however, and two fundamental …

Abstract Background Perceived Social Isolation or loneliness, a cognitive state with negative
effects on health, is a global problem. Objectives Treatment of diagnosed loneliness is …

Although neuroscientific research has revealed experience-dependent brain changes
across the life span in sensory, motor, and cognitive domains, plasticity relating to social …

In recent years, the scientific study of meditation and psychedelic drugs has seen
remarkable developments. The increased focus on meditation in cognitive neuroscience has …

This practical book has given tens of thousands of clinicians and students a comprehensive
introduction to mindfulness and its clinical applications. The book describes the …

Here we present a survey of the current state of the neuroscience of mindfulness, integrating
it into a theoretical framework of emotion regulation and linking research to clinical practice …

Objective: Research has suggested that subanesthetic doses of ketamine may work to
improve cocaine-related vulnerabilities and facilitate efforts at behavioral modification. The …