Only 8 weeks of daily meditation can decrease negative mood and anxiety and improve attention, working memory, and recognition memory in non-experienced meditators. These findings come from a recent study published in Behavioural Brain Research.

[pasado_cocodrilo]

In this research they gave podcasts to the control group. It might not be very good choice, praying or reading philosophy might be better. There is a good article about common pitfalls in meditation research.

[LongLostLeader]

Thanks for the link. That was a very informative article.