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[quote=Anonymous] There are several studies linking meditation and cognitive function.   If OP wants her kid to be cognitively limited, she should home school.

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A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology has found that 10 minutes of mindfulness meditation and 10 minutes of physical activity can help improve emotional wellbeing and cognitive function.

For this study, a group of research from Ontario, Canada, recruited 16 children with ADHD from local community clinics between June 2019 and January 2020. The children were between 10 and 14 years old, and 11 of them were boys. Just 20% of the participants were non-white.

Over a series of days, the children were asked to engage in 10 minutes of exercise, 10 minutes of mindfulness meditation, and 10 minutes of reading (which was a control by which to assess the other interventions). These activities were assigned in a random order. The researchers asked the children’s guardians not to give them ADHD medication in the 24 hours before visiting the lab.

The researchers took measurements on the children’s executive functioning (including working memory, ability to control impulses, and task-switching capabilities) and psycho-emotional state at three points in time: before the activities, immediately after the activities, and again 10 minutes later.

After analyzing the results, the researchers found that mindfulness meditation improved children’s working memory, ability to control their impulses, and task-switching skills.

The results also showed that 10 minutes of exercise provided benefits to children’s emotional well-being, such as a mood boost.[/quote][/quote]

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