Mindfulness Training Can Help Improve Standardized Test Scores according to Harvard Business Review

(source: Harvard Business Review "The Daily Stat" email) APRIL 15, 2013

If You're Prone to Distractions, Mindfulness Training Can Help

A series of eight 45-minute "mindfulness" training sessions, in which participants learned to focus on a single aspect of experience, such as breathing, led to standardized-test improvements analagous to 16 percentile points, on average, says a team led by Michael D. Mrazek of UC Santa Barbara. For people who struggle to maintain focus, mindfulness training appears to dampen distracting thoughts, the researchers say.

Source: Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering