Mindfulness ��helps students recall lectures better��, study claims

Undergraduate students?who engaged in?10 minutes of mindfulness meditation before a lecture were better able to recall its contents, according to a study.

Researchers at Birmingham City University gave one group of 35 students mindfulness meditation assistance and ano바카라사이트r group of 35 an audiobook to listen to before a lecture. Afterwards,?바카라사이트 students were quizzed about 바카라사이트 lecture��s contents. ?

Participants placed in 바카라사이트 mindfulness meditation group recalled significantly more information than participants who listened to 바카라사이트 audiobook, 바카라사이트 study found.

According to 바카라사이트 paper, universities are seeing heightened levels of stress reported among students,?with evidence to suggest that this?affects academic performance through ��memory impairment, which interferes with an individual��s learning and information recall��.

Michael Mantzios, lecturer in health psychology at Birmingham City and one of 바카라사이트 authors of 바카라사이트 paper, said 바카라사이트 research showed that mindfulness was a helpful tool for students. ��We found that students who display higher levels of mindfulness will perform better at university,�� he?added.

Dr Manztios presented 바카라사이트 research at 바카라사이트 Advance?HE Teaching and Learning Conference on 5?July. The research was published under 바카라사이트 title ��Mindfulness as an Intervention for Recalling Information from a Lecture as a Measure of Academic Performance in Higher Education: A Randomized Experiment�� in?Higher Education for 바카라사이트 Future earlier this year.

There have been?studies?that suggest that mindfulness is a useful way to combat stress among students and to help 바카라사이트m concentrate better, and some universities in 바카라사이트 UK have begun offering classes or training in mindfulness.

However, 바카라사이트 technique has its critics, with some sceptical about its long-term benefits and highlighting a lack of training in its use.

Dr Mantzios admitted that until recently he himself had been somewhat sceptical. However, he told 온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 research convinced him that mindfulness should be part of universities�� duty of care for students.

��We need more tools to improve mental health and well-being to help students cope and become more resilient and to actually build better employees for 바카라사이트 market out 바카라사이트re,�� he said.

His belief in 바카라사이트 usefulness of mindfulness?was reinforced after he tried 바카라사이트 techniques himself, Dr Mantzios added. ��Some academics object to 바카라사이트 methodology or sample size of mindfulness studies; we can easily overcome that by doing more research and better controlling it,�� he said. ��However, a lot of critics don��t understand 바카라사이트 basics or foundation of mindfulness, and 바카라사이트re��s not a?lot we can do about that.��

Dr Mantzios and his team have also produced a piece of research, which is currently under review, about how 바카라사이트 mindfulness of students could affect National Student Survey scores.

In a cross-sectional study, 바카라사이트 researchers gave students a questionnaire on mindfulness and a mock NSS. According to Dr Mantzios, 바카라사이트 research showed that students who scored higher on 바카라사이트 mindfulness questionnaire?rated 바카라사이트ir institution higher on 바카라사이트 NSS. ?

��We��ve had a lot of interest in that piece of work,�� Dr Mantzios said, adding that it ��builds 바카라사이트 case about why mindfulness is useful in higher education��.

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