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Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Chapters in this Handbook address real-world and practical applications of evolutionary psychology such as applications to medicine, psychiatry, law, and technology. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences. Part 1: Applications to Health and Well-Being, Part 2: Applications to Law and Order, and Part 3: Applications to Technology, Communications, and the Future.
Evolutionary Psychology and Mindfulness and Meditation: Easing the Anxiety of Being Human
Evolutionary Psychology and Mindfulness and Meditation: Easing the Anxiety of Being Human
Introduction
Something called mindfulness seems to be popping up everywhere: in clinics and hospitals, schools, corporate offices, prisons, online, the list keeps expanding. Today, at the local farmer's market, I bought greens from ‘Mindful Veggies’. Promoted as a wellbeing enhancer, studies show that mindfulness does indeed reduce stress and distress in a range of conditions and circumstances (Goyal et al., 2014; Willem et al., 2016). In this chapter I describe the evolutionary roots of the psychological processes that give rise to the human angst that mindfulness addresses and how the training exercises designed to cultivate it ...
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