Digital Meditation For Improving Focus

Abstract

While there have been many new treatments discovered for brain disorders over the past few decades, we are still facing a major problem when it comes to treating these disorders throughout the world. This means we need better tools for improving mental health. Meditation is a technique that people have used for thousands of years to learn how to better regulate their minds. Although the benefits of meditation are well known, many people never learn how to meditate, often because it can require having many meetings with people who teach meditation. To try to solve this problem, scientists have begun to use modern technology (like smartphones) to help people learn how to meditate. This article will explain how meditation can improve the brain’s ability to focus, how apps can be important tools for teaching people how to meditate, and how using meditation apps can benefit mental health.