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kittenTakeover t1_j03bn1h wrote

Reply to comment by sensible_cat in Eight weeks of mindfulness training improves adolescents’ attentional control, study finds by chrisdh79

So if you were making a study would say that mindfulness is achieved when a subject is lead through a conscious breathing exercise? Is that how you would define it?

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sensible_cat t1_j03fubk wrote

I wouldn't say that mindfulness is "achieved" at all. I would say it's something we practice and strive for in order to live a better life. If you're looking for a more scientific definition, I'm not sure there is one. The study did, however, find quantifiable effects of engaging in mindfulness training, including better performance on attentional control tests.

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kittenTakeover t1_j03l3mo wrote

>If you're looking for a more scientific definition, I'm not sure there is one

Then the conversation doesn't belong on a science subreddit. Although I think your statement may be a little too pessimistic as there's likely adequately rigorous ways to define the word, even if different people may define it slightly differently.

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