Depth of Meditation is Associated with Different Levels of Brain Electrical Activity By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Neuroscientific studies, particularly EEG, are revealing much about the neural correlates of meditation in the hopes of understanding why it has therapeutic value, and as a way to probe the nature of self and consciousness.” […]
Meditation Effects on Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation are Associated with Changes in Brain Activity By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “the meditation intervention had large varying effects on EEG spectra, . . Findings suggest that brief guided meditation intervention may offer positive and immediate health benefits to help combat stress.” – Peta Stapleton […]
Reduce Opioid Dosage in Chronic Pain Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It’s clear that when it comes to tackling pain, it takes all of the tools in the toolkit. And when it comes to opioids, the approach needn’t be all or nothing. . . the combination of medicine plus […]
Increase Brain Activity with Brief Exercise and Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Meditating for a few minutes might help rein in those wandering thoughts and help you stay focused throughout the day. But meditating can have an even bigger impact. Some studies show that it affects the brain in various ways, […]
Improve Working Memory and Increase Brain Activity with a Single Focused Meditation in Novice Meditators By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Regular meditation increases blood flow to the brain, which leads to a stronger network of blood vessels in the cerebral cortex and reinforces memory capacity.” – Mindworks Humans have both an amazing […]
Meditation Strengthens Brain Attentional Networks By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation practice appears to positively impact attentional functions by improving resource allocation processes. As a result, attentional resources are allocated more fully during early processing phases which subsequently enhance further processing.” – Peter Malinowski The nervous system is a dynamic entity, […]
Improve Brain Processing in Mood Dysregulated Adolescents with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness-based interventions—practices that promote non-judgmental attention to the present—can help individuals respond with acceptance to challenging circumstances or emotions and is a promising approach to treatment of mood lability.” – D. M. Hafemann Adolescence is a time […]
Meditation Increases Functional Connectivity of Brain Networks By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It seems the longer you do meditation, the better your brain will be at self-regulation,” – Bin He Mindfulness training has been shown through extensive research to be effective in improving physical and psychological health and particularly with reducing the physical and […]
Meditation Changes the Brain Areas Underlying Executive Function and Mind Wandering By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation nurtures the parts of the brain that contribute to well-being. Furthermore, it seems that a regular practice deprives the stress and anxiety-related parts of the brain of their nourishment.” – Mindworks Mindfulness training has […]
Improve the Brains Ability to Directly Control Computers with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Meditation has been widely practiced for well-being and improving health,” said He. Our work demonstrates that it can also enhance a person’s mental power for mind control, and may facilitate broad use of noninvasive brain-computer interface technology.” […]