Short-Term Meditation Training Improves Attention and Self-Regulation
By Yi-Yuan Tang, Yinghua Ma, Junhong Wang, Yaxin Fan, Shigang Feng and others
5 pages… a group randomly assigned to 5 days of meditation practice with the integrative body–mind training method shows significantly better attention and control of stress than a similarly chosen control group given relaxation training.
A randomized, controlled trial shows that even just a few days of meditation is effective beyond a simple calming effect.