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Mindfulness-Training

Three evidence-based ways to develop a resilient mind

December 4, 2019 by Greater Good Science Center

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Life throws chaos at us on a reg­u­lar basis—whether it’s our finances, our rela­tion­ships, or our health. In the work world, around 50 per­cent of peo­ple are burned out in indus­tries like health care, bank­ing, and non­prof­its, and employ­ers spend $300 bil­lion per year on work­place-relat­ed stress.

In response, we just keep on push­ing through, sur­viv­ing on adren­a­line. We over­sched­ule our­selves; we drink anoth­er cof­fee; we respond to one more email. If we stay amped up all the time, we think, we’ll even­tu­al­ly be able to get things done.

But all that does is burn us out, drain our pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, and lead to exhaustion.

There’s anoth­er way—a calmer way. Cul­ti­vat­ing a more rest­ful, relaxed state of mind doesn’t mean we’ll drown under all our respon­si­bil­i­ties. Instead, research sug­gests it will bring us greater atten­tion, ener­gy, and cre­ativ­i­ty to tack­le them. And sci­ence also points to sim­ple ways we can tap into that calm state of mind to [Read more…] about Three evi­dence-based ways to devel­op a resilient mind

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: adrenaline, Breathing, coffee, creativity, Decision-making, exhaustion, Mindfulness-Training, productivity, relaxed, state-of-mind, Stress, Stress Response, workplace

Update: A brain-friendly lifestyle is the best approach to delay cognitive decline and dementia

November 26, 2019 by SharpBrains

While the hip­pocam­pus tends to shrink with age, which con­tributes to cog­ni­tive decline, a recent study shows that this is not always the case (see all those blue lines), sug­gest­ing it can be pos­si­ble to main­tain hip­pocam­pus vol­ume and cog­ni­tive func­tion into our lat­er years.

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Time to wrap-up anoth­er stim­u­lat­ing month with Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of promis­ing news for every­one with a (human) brain 🙂

New tech for brain health:

  • Neu­ro­engi­neer­ing meets neu­roethics to address treat­ment-resis­tant depression
  • Study: Hear­ing aids may help old­er adults delay demen­tia, depres­sion, anx­i­ety, and falls
  • Four guide­lines for smart use of smartphones

New brain and mind research:

  • Reminder: A brain-friend­ly lifestyle is the best approach to delay cog­ni­tive decline and dementia
  • Study chal­lenges the “seduc­tive” amy­loid hypoth­e­sis of Alzheimer’s dis­ease (AD)
  • Study finds a key ingre­di­ent in mind­ful­ness train­ing: Accep­tance (not acquiescence)

New thinking to shape education and healthcare:

  • What are the ethics of dis­cour­ag­ing much-need­ed inno­va­tion giv­en poten­tial pri­va­cy concerns?
  • Help select the cam­paign stick­er for Brain Aware­ness Week 2020
  • Sharp­Brains y El Cere­bro Que Cura se pre­sen­tan en Madrid
  • Grow­ing con­cern and hope about astro­nauts’ cog­ni­tive health dur­ing spaceflight

Finally, a few riddles to tease your brain:

  • Nine great rid­dles about Life and Death
  • Sev­en sharp rid­dles to cel­e­brate Thanks­giv­ing in per­fect harmony

 

Have a great Thanks­giv­ing and December,

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: amyloid, brain-awareness-week, Cerebro, cerebro que cura, cognitive-health, delay-dementia, dementia, depression, hearing aids, Mindfulness-Training, neuroengineering, Neuroethics, smartphones

Study finds a key ingredient in mindfulness training: Acceptance (not acquiescence)

November 6, 2019 by Greater Good Science Center

Life can be stress­ful. Whether it’s the stress that comes with hav­ing too much work to do in too lit­tle time, ful­fill­ing care­giv­ing oblig­a­tions, or deal­ing with a major ill­ness or set­back, some­times it can be hard to cope.

In response to stress, many peo­ple today are turn­ing to med­i­ta­tion or mind­ful­ness apps (myself includ­ed). But not all mind­ful­ness prac­tice is equal­ly effec­tive for com­bat­ing stress [Read more…] about Study finds a key ingre­di­ent in mind­ful­ness train­ing: Accep­tance (not acquiescence)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: acceptance, breath, Cortisol, mbsr, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness apps, Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction, Mindfulness-Training, Stress, stressful

Growing research aims at helping cancer patients in distress access most-likely-to-help self-care options, from Mindfulness training to Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

February 1, 2018 by SharpBrains

Cred­it: UCIrvine/flickr , CC BY-NC-ND

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Mind­ful­ness in can­cer treat­ment: time to stop and think (The Conversation):

“Breathe deeply and focus on the moment: mind­ful­ness now appears every­where as a tech­nique to improve well-being, includ­ing in health care.

Mind­ful­ness train­ing is often sug­gest­ed for can­cer patients to reduce high lev­els of anx­i­ety and dis­tress asso­ci­at­ed with diag­no­sis, treat­ment and antic­i­pa­tion of pos­si­ble dis­ease recur­rence. But two ques­tions per­sist: does mind­ful­ness work and, if so, for whom? [Read more…] about Grow­ing research aims at help­ing can­cer patients in dis­tress access most-like­ly-to-help self-care options, from Mind­ful­ness train­ing to Web-based cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py (CBT)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: anxiety, breast cancer, cancer, cancer patients, cancer-treatment, CancerCope, CBT, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, cognitive-therapy, distress, men, mindfulness, mindfulness-based, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, Mindfulness-Training, online CBT, psychological, psychological distress, quality-of-life, self-management, Web-Delivered, Web-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, women

5 Must-Read Articles, and an Online Course, to Help Children with ADHD

June 21, 2017 by SharpBrains

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– Dr. David Rabin­er, Research Pro­fes­sor in the Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy and Neu­ro­science at Duke Uni­ver­sity and founder of the Atten­tion Research Update.

Giv­en the ongo­ing changes and con­tro­ver­sies sur­round­ing ADHD diag­no­sis and treat­ment, let us high­light 5 key arti­cles writ­ten by Duke Uni­ver­si­ty’s Dr. David Rabin­er to sum­ma­rize recent sci­en­tif­ic find­ings and their impli­ca­tions, plus a very rel­e­vant online course to help par­ents and pro­fes­sion­als help chil­dren with ADHD.

1. Study finds large gaps between research and prac­tice in ADHD diag­no­sis and treatment

  • Key insight: Evi­dence-based guide­lines from the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Pedi­atrics on the eval­u­a­tion and treat­ment of ADHD are fre­quent­ly not fol­lowed. Many chil­dren are diag­nosed with ADHD in the absence of clear­ly meet­ing DSM diag­nos­tic cri­te­ria, and behav­ioral treat­ment is rarely recommended.
  • Key data point: Pedi­a­tri­cians pre­scribed ADHD med­ica­tion to rough­ly 93% of youth diag­nosed with ADHD. Doc­u­men­ta­tion that behav­ioral treat­ment was rec­om­mend­ed, how­ev­er, was present in only 13% of the charts.

[Read more…] about 5 Must-Read Arti­cles, and an Online Course, to Help Chil­dren with ADHD

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: ADHD-diagnosis, ADHD-Treatment, behavior management, behavioral-therapy, behavioral-treatment, brain-development, diet, DSM, DSM diagnostic criteria, excessive daytime sleepiness, exercise, insomnia, medication, meditation, methylphenidate, Mindfulness-Training, Neurofeedback, sleep, sleep difficulties, supplements, working-memory-training

Study: Mindfulness training for teachers can result in a better learning environment for students

March 3, 2017 by Greater Good Science Center

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No one would argue with the fact that teach­ing is stress­ful. Not only is the work high­ly chal­leng­ing, teach­ers are also fre­quent­ly under­paid, under­val­ued, and sub­ject to harsh scruti­ny. No won­der teacher burnout is on the rise and that many feel like leav­ing their profession.

But teacher stress is not only a prob­lem for teach­ers; it can also be a prob­lem for stu­dents. [Read more…] about Study: Mind­ful­ness train­ing for teach­ers can result in a bet­ter learn­ing envi­ron­ment for students

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: care, emotion regulation, Learning, meditation, Mindfulness-Training, resilience, social-emotional-learning, Stress, stress-reduction, teacher stress, teaching

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