Meditation May Improve Person's Response to Stress
THURSDAY, 27 DECEMBER 2007
Researchers from China and the University of Oregon are conducting a study on the possibility that meditation might provide improvements in a person’s attention and response to stress. The experimental group received five days of meditation training using a technique called integrative body-mind training (IBMT) while the controlled group got relaxation training for five days. The experimental group showed greater improvement than the controlled group in an attention test which measures the subjects’ abilities to resolve conflict among stimuli.
Co-author Michael I. Posner, professor emeritus from University of Oregon, said, “This study improves the prospect for examining brain mechanisms involved in the changes in attention and self-regulation that occur following meditation training.”
In summary, the 11-member team wrote: "IBMT is an easy, effective way for improvement in self-regulation in cognition, emotion and social behavior. Our study is consistent with the idea that attention, affective processes and the quality of moment-to-moment awareness are flexible skills that can be trained."
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