How To Enhance Your Mind In Only 4 Days

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Okay, okay...  I'm not selling anything - yet.  But PsyBlog did just tip me off to a new study published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition that shows that simple mindfulness meditation, even in complete beginners, can improve a whole host of mental functions and significantly improve overall functioning.

This is good news, as many studies have been geared towards investigating the impact of meditation on long-term meditators, and it's no secret that "research has found that long-term mindfulness meditation practice promotes executive functioning and the ability to sustain attention," yet not much has been done in the way of investigating the benefits for beginners.

This study found that compared to a control group (people who relaxed while listening to an audio book), beginners practicing meditation for only 20 minutes a day over the course of 4 days, saw "improved mood, reduced fatigue, anxiety, increased mindfulness, improved visuo-spatial processing, working memory and executive functioning."  How much improvement?  Anywhere from 15% to a whopping 50%!  That's quite a return on just chillin' for 20 minutes.  Seems a worthwhile investment to me!

So now you want the goods, eh?  Alright, I'll fork 'em over.  And it won't even cost you (first one's free).  Here's a link to PsyBlog's beginner's guide to meditation:  How Meditation Improves Attention.