Massachusetts General Hospital's Mind, Mood, & Memory (MMM)
Volume 17 • Number 2 • February 2021
Meditation Helps Memory and Enhances Mind-fulness for Clearer Thinking
For many years, meditation was viewed as primarily a spiritual practice, something people did to achieve enlightenment and greater self-awareness. But starting in the 1960s and led by Herbert Benson, MD, currently director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers started learning about …
Issue Highlights
- Just in for Valentine's Day: Good News about Chocolate
- Newsbriefs: Short Sleep & Fear-Related Memories; Evidence Suggesting Air Pollution Raises Neurological Risks; Study: Age Not a Barrier for People Who Want to Lose Weight
- Regular Exercise Bolsters Memory Even After It’s Started to Decline
- COVID-19 Infection and Its Effects on Neurological and Psychiatric Health
- Memory Maximizers: Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea to Lower Your Risk of Dementia; Breaking Down Information
- Recognize the Earliest Signs of Depression
- Ask the Doctor: Mixed Dementia; Causes of Delirium; Grief vs. Depression
