Seven minutes of meditation can reduce racial prejudice

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:10 in Psychology & Sociology

A popular meditation technique that’s intended to create feelings of kindness can also reduce prejudice, according to new University of Sussex research. The study, published online in the journal Motivation and Emotion, found that just seven minutes of Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a Buddhist practise that promotes unconditional kindness towards oneself and others, is effective at […]

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