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The Four Keys to Well-Being

By Richard Davidson — 2016

Dr. Richard Davidson explains that well-being is a skill that can be practiced and strengthened.

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How Meditation Changes Your Brain—and Your Life

When neuroscientists tested expert meditators, they discovered something surprising: The effect of Buddhist meditation isn’t just momentary; it can alter deep-seated traits in our brain patterns and character.

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Daniel Goleman, Richard Davidson
2018
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Yoga May Be Good for the Brain

A weekly routine of yoga and meditation may strengthen thinking skills and help to stave off aging-related mental decline, according to a new study of older adults with early signs of memory problems.

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Gretchen Reynolds
2016
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Mindfulness Meditation: Ten Minutes a Day Improves Cognitive Function

Practising mindfulness meditation for ten minutes a day improves concentration and the ability to keep information active in one’s mind, a function known as “working memory.”

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Peter Malinowski
2018
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Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains

Whenever we learn something new, pick up a new skill, or modify our habits, the physical structure of our brain changes.

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David Eagleman, Don Vaughn
2020
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This Is Your Brain on Gluten

A No. 1 bestseller by a respected physician argues that gluten and carbohydrates are at the root of Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. What to make of the controversial theory?

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James Hamblin
2013
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When Freud Meets fMRI

The emerging field of “neuropsychoanalysis” aims to combine two fundamentally different areas of study—psychoanalysis and neuroscience—for a whole new way of understanding how the mind works.

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Casey Schwartz
2015
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Can We Change Our Mental Health Genes?

Hyla Cass shares the words of William Walsh, a nutritional medicine expert.

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Hyla Cass
2012
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Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your Brain

Moving your body is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your mind.

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Kelly McGonigal
2020
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The Big Brain Benefits of Meditation

Science proves meditating restructures your brain and trains it to concentrate, feel greater compassion, cope with stress, and more.

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Kelly McGonigal
2010
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