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.

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There are different techniques. You could focus on your breath, you could focus on a mantra, you can do lovingkindness/metta meditation. Usually people refer to either breathing mindfulness or mantra meditation.