Meditation

When I was a young boy I used to enjoy staring blankly at the wall whenever I had a few minutes to spare. It was a pastime to which I would return time and time again. It gave me a sense of peace and happiness that I could not really describe. I was not sure if there was a name for such an activity and wondered if other people also indulged in it.

A recent study asked people to estimate short and long intervals of time after undergoing a mindfulness meditation exercise.

Researchers found that meditators were more likely to underestimate the short durations and overestimate the long ones.