Meditating in Later Life
A report in the journal Psychological Science suggests enhanced brain function through meditating.
Meditation can help sustain attention.
Buddhist monks who regularly meditated perform better than most of us on concentration tests.
In the past five years, other studies have produced evidence that meditation also yields gains in concentration for laypeople who take up the practice and this effect may be magnified in later life.
Strategies to start simple meditation:
1. Find a quiet place.
2. Get in a comfortable position.
2. Empty your mind.
3. Focus on a single thought a word or an idea.
4. Sustain that focus through practice.
5. Return to the same spot, same position, daily for one week.
6. Assess its value afte one week on your level of concentration.
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