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Can a new class of wearable tech actively boost your mental health?

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Can a new class of wearable tech actively boost your mental health?

A range of brainwave-reading devices and other gadgets aim to monitor our nervous systems and intervene to improve our well-being. Do they work?

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Meditation seems to improve our empathy for strangers

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Five scientific ways to help reduce feelings of anxiety

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small group of people meditating on the beach. doing yoga when the sun rising.

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Why We Meditate review: A convincing argument for regular meditation

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Practicing just 5 minutes of breathing exercises every one day for one month can ease anxiety

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Short breathing exercise lifts mood more than mindfulness meditation

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Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety

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Gelong Thubten & Ash Ranpura

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Who are we? A conversation between Buddhism and neuroscience

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How does consciousness work? A radical theory has mind-blowing answers

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Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten on the science of mindfulness

Meditation and mindfulness are useful for modern life, says Gelong Thubten, because they can help us be less controlled by stressful thoughts and emotions

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Using a meditation app each day may improve your memory and attention

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Brain scans reveal magic mushroom drug enhances mindfulness meditation

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A quarter of people who meditate experience negative mental states

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Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too

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