Objectives To examine whether mindfulness training is associated with changes in objective
attention performance. Methods Three meta-analyses were conducted:(a) a meta-analysis …

Research investigating the effects and underlying mechanisms of mindfulness on cognitive
functioning has accelerated exponentially over the past two decades. Despite the rapid …

Background Arguments for including mindfulness instruction in higher education have
included claims about the benefits of mindfulness practice for critical thinking. While there is …

Background Physical therapy, along with most health professions, struggles to describe
clinical reasoning, despite it being a vital skill in effective patient care. This lack of a unified …

Although many conceptualisations of critical thinking (CT) exist, the vast majority
acknowledge the importance of both skill-based and disposition-based components. There …

Theories of critical thinking suggest that executive functions play crucial roles in students'
critical thinking performance. However, very little empirical research has examined the …

Background Critical thinking disposition helps medical students and professionals overcome
the effects of personal values and beliefs when exercising clinical judgment. The lack of …

The study of optimal best practice, coinciding with a person's 'motivational mindset', is an
interesting research inquiry for development. Optimal best practice, in brief, relates to the …

News literacy education has long focused on the significance of facts, sourcing, and
verifiability. While these are critical aspects of news, rapidly developing emotion analytics …

Critical thinking is an important goal in education. The relation between mood and critical
thinking is yet to be systematically investigated. In two studies, we examined how mood …