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Understanding Mindfulness Meditation
MSN News: 現在人工作壓力大，需要更多的紓壓管道，於是有越來越多人開始學習冥想、靜坐等古老的方法。一項發表在《心理科學》（Psychological Science）期刊的研究發現，透過冥想或是靜坐等方式，可以對我們的身體有相當大的助益，其中最重要的就是可以改變免疫系統，降低血壓，並且增強認知 功能。（圖片翻攝自Daily Mail網站） 在東方的宗教或是靈性修練當中，靜坐或是冥想 都是不可或缺的一環，而且逐漸在世界各地蔚為風潮，被很多人用來紓解龐大的生活壓力。哈佛大學跟久斯塔斯李比 希大學（Justus Liebig Univeristy）的研究人員發現，冥想除了可以幫助提升免疫系統外，還可以讓心理健康，證明冥想不是一個空泛的方法，而是一個有效的技巧。 主導這項研究的布麗塔（Britta Hazel）博士表示，之 Read the whole story: MSN News
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The psychology of happiness
WXVT CBS: Everyone wants to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is such a basic human drive that the Founding Fathers included it in the Declaration of Independence. Researchers have found that there are real
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Color Yourself Happy
AARP Magazine: Having the freedom to change careers or pursue our passions makes us happier than does a hefty bank account, reports the American Psychological Association, which recently published an analysis of multiple studies. Researchers
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Psychologists Stress the Importance of Memory in Preventing Relapse after Therapy
Addictions, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder—such painful and harmful problems are recalcitrant to treatment. In the clinic, a person may suppress the association between the stimulus and the response—say, a bar with ashtrays and smoking—by learning
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Why Mindfulness Meditation Makes Us Healthier
Huffington Post: Previous research on mindfulness meditation has shown that it aids in lowering blood pressure, improves immune system and brain function and minimizes pain sensitivity. A new review of past literature on mindfulness now
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Happiness: All Things Must End
Psychology Today: All good things must come to an end, and dwelling on that fact will just spoil the fun, right? Wrong. Research published in Psychological Science reveals that you savor a temporary experience more
