A 5,000-year-old mindfulness technique might help you make fewer mistakes
Are you tired of making mistakes? Try meditation.
Did you know that 0.5 seconds after you make a mistake, your brain shoots a neural signal called “error positivity”? It does! And guess what: In people who meditate, that signal is much stronger, according to a new study by researchers at Michigan State University. In other words, meditators still make mistakes, but their brains inform them of those mistakes loudly.
