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Evidence suggests Meditation mayincreaseMemory.

5 studies (5 claims)

Emerging evidence

Study Claims

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InterventionDirectionEndpointTypePopulationDosageTitle
mindfulness meditation interventionDecreases - showed improvementRevised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist (RMBPC)
Human
community-dwelling caregivers aged 45-85 years of close relatives with dementiaOne 90-minute session per week for 7 weeks, plus at-home implementation.Pilot controlled trial of mindfulness meditation and education for dementia caregivers.cited 122×
meditation techniquesIncreases - help improvememory
Human
patients with neurodegenerative diseasesNot specifiedMeditation and neurodegenerative diseases.cited 29×
Goal Management Training+Mindfulness Meditation (GMT+MM)Increases - was superior to control in improvingbasic measures of working memory (Letter-number sequencing)
Human
polysubstance users in residential treatmentNot specifiedGoal Management Training and Mindfulness Meditation improve executive functions and transfer to ecological tasks of daily life in polysubstance users enrolled in therapeutic community treatment.cited 44×
MeditationIncreases - reporting encouraging results in a large panel of cognitive functions, such as: attention, executive functions and memoryattention, executive functions and memory
Human
old participantsNot specifiedMeditation and successful aging: can meditative practices counteract age-related cognitive decline?cited 8×
mindfulness meditationIncreases - showed significant improvementsworking memory capacity
Human
adolescentsNot specifiedA Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Working Memory Capacity in Adolescents.cited 68×