A new research study published in Health Promotion Perspectives has found that exercise and meditation make a powerful combination for learning and memory in young adults. Physical exercise and ...

For the first time, there is evidence that daily meditation appears to improve memory loss and may strengthen parts of the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease. That has to be welcome news to the ...

Researchers using intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings from deep within the brain found that meditation led to changes in activity in the amygdala and hippocampus, key brain regions ...

There are now thousands of meditation apps available worldwide, the top 10 of which have been collectively downloaded more than 300 million times. What's more, early work on these digital meditation ...

Q: My nutritionist told me that there are probiotics and foods that can actually make me feel happier. Is there any truth in that? -- Pat R., Boston A: Happy gut, happy brain -- that is a fact. The ...

If you've felt setbacks and mental hurdles in your attempts to meditate every day, two experts gave our science writer a ...

Mental illness alone costs the U.S. billions of dollars each year. Here's how low-cost, underused approaches like meditation could reverse the trend.

If you're anything like me—someone whose mind races a million miles a minute—achieving a few minutes of stillness can feel impossible. But over the last few years, I've hopped on the meditation ...

When it comes to the long list of things that are good for you, meditation is right up there with journaling, stretching, walking, and drinking enough water. You know it should be a top priority — and ...

Director David Lynch was many things. Among them, treasured filmmaker, TV series creator, writer, painter, recording artist, weatherman and big advocate for transcendental meditation (TM). The ...