From: Scientific American
Mindfulness May Improve Test Scores
April 2, 2013
Scientific American:
There’s a meditation practice called “mindfulness” that is about actively focusing on the present moment and increasing one’s attention span.
Recently scientists analyzed whether such a practice could help improve undergrads’ test scores in the Graduate Record Exams, the GREs. The idea is that if we limit mind wandering, our ability to focus improves, and so will our cognitive ability. [The paper is published in the journal Psychological Science.
The researchers had 24 undergrads attend a mindfulness course and another 24 go to a nutrition class. Each 45-minute class met eight times over two weeks.
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