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A recent paper published by researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds shows that mindfulness training for preservice teachers leads to improvements in effective classroom teacher practices.
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A new study shows that the young children of parents who take part in a compassion-based training program develop lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol over time.
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Youth with bipolar depression responded better to an antipsychotic medicine if they had increased markers of inflammation in their blood
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New research from the Center shows that mindfulness training leads to improvement in networks in the brain that are important for attentional control of mind wandering
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New research points to evidence of increased cognitive complexity as children grow up that effects prosocial behavior
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When stress levels in the mind and body are in sync, a person is more likely to have higher levels of well-being