Benefits from meditation appeared to have plateaued after the retreats, even in participants who practiced the most: This could have implications for how much meditation can, in fact,
influence human cognition and the workings of the brain, he said.
Zanesco believes this has broad implications for meditation and mindfulness - based approaches to cognitive training and raises important questions regarding how much meditation can, in fact,
influence human cognition and the workings of the brain.
Not exact matches
Although genes are recognized as
influencing behavior and
cognition, «genetically identical» does not mean altogether identical; almost no one would deny that identical twins, despite being natural
human clones with identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether overlapping personalities.
The sex hormone testosterone exerts a substantial
influence on
human behaviour and
cognition.
It's consistent with a view that «facts» are just facts and clearly distinguishable — off in their own box, in «fact» — from ideology, that «evidence» is simply evidence, and that science is the one
human endeavor immune to the
influence of cultural
cognition.
Special consideration is given to the following topics: models of individual - society relationships; social
cognition and attribution processes; social
influence processes; prosocial and altruistic behavior; and antisocial behavior (models of
human violence and social - cultural determinants of prejudice).
A critical review of the
influence of oxytocin nasal spray on social
cognition in
humans: evidence and future directions.