1. Meditation passes strictest tests so far; is the newspaper correct?
Group 3: annabella fong, Bok wen xuan, goh jie sheng

2. outline Insufficient information Unclear phrasings
Insufficient evidence
Inaccurate conclusion
Recap

3. Insufficient information
Newspaper article : ibmt = integrative body mind training
Research paper : combined several key components of body and mind techniques with features of meditation and mindfulness traditions, while reducing reliance on control of thoughts
may be easier to teach to novices because they would not have to struggle so hard to control their thoughts.

4. Insufficient information
Consequences:
Failed to highlight the advantages of this technique over other relaxation techniques
Failed to show the difference of this experiment from previous researches

5. Unclear phrasings
Research paper: random assignment of 40 Chinese undergraduates to Control and experimental each
Newspaper article : The team randomly assigned 80 students to 20 minutes per day of tuition, either in how to relax the body’s muscle groups or in IBMT.

6. Unclear phrasings
Consequence: Mislead the readers to think that the control and experimental group did not have an equal number of students allocated -> unfair experiment

7. partial evidence
Newspaper article: After five days, those trained in IBMT scored better on tests of attention and mood. They also produced lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol when asked to perform some difficult mental arithmetic

8. Partial evidence
Newspaper article: experimental group scored better in test of attention and mood
Research paper:
6 moods tested
anger–hostility (A), depression–dejection (D), fatigue–inertia (F), tension–anxiety (T), and vigor–activity (V) posttraining in the experimental group.
No significant difference was found in POMS scale C (confusion–bewilderment) posttraining

9. Partial evidence
Research paper: arithmetic challenge resulted in significantly greater sIgA for the experimental group than the control group -> signifying the experimental group had a better response to stress

10. Partial evidence
Consequences: absence of the specific details of the experiment failed to show that their tests were detailed ->less convincible

11. Inaccurate conclusion
Newspaper article :
Other researchers say it is unclear whether these positive effects are transient.
whether longer periods of training would produce bigger or more profound cognitive changes.

12. Inaccurate conclusion
Newspaper article: unclear whether these positive effects are transient.
Research paper: the human brain is sensitive to short experience. Naccache et al. showed that the subliminal presentation of emotional words (<100 ms) modulates the activity of the amygdala at a long latency and triggers long-lasting cerebral processes.

13. Inaccurate conclusion
5 days of imbt training -> long lasting effect that could change brain networks, leading to improvements in attention, cognition, and emotion and reaction to stress.

14. Inaccurate conclusion
Newspaper article: whether longer periods of training would produce bigger or more profound cognitive changes.
Research paper: quality of the meditation process

15. Inaccurate conclusion
Research paper: IBMT integrates several key components of body and mind techniques.
This combination may be more effective rather than use of only one of the techniques over a long period time in the previous researches

16. Inaccurate conclusion
a qualified coach can help each participant increase the amount of this experience and thus guarantee that each practice session achieves a good result
For participants with months to years of meditation by themselves, they are more likely to make mistakes, since there is no coach to correct them on the spot. (QUALITY REDUCED!)
Instead of duration of practice over months and years, ensuring that one is doing the meditation correctly is of greater importance.

17. Inaccurate conclusion
Having music on the compact disc DURING EACH MEDITATION SESSION integrates the practice instruction and occupies The novice’s wandering mind via continuous sensory input, maintaining and facilitating the mindful state.
More comprehensive meditation process (by providing music) help participants relax better rather than simply teaching them relaxation techniques for a long time

18. Inaccurate conclusion
Different subjects : vs
Different time: meditation was carried out at the same time over the 5 days in this research while western studies allowed the participants to meditate at any time
Whether it is effective for everyone can be argued

19. Inaccurate conclusion
Newspaper article: only exaggerated the negative impacts
Conclusion:
Positive - Ibmt is and easy, effective way for improvemnt in self-regulation in cognition, emotion and social behaviour. The study is consistent with the idea these qualities can be trained.
Concede – more research need to be done on whether this is only effective for chinese participants

20. recap Insufficient information – unclear background
Unclear phrasings – misunderstand the experiment
Partial evidence – reduce the reliability of the research experiment
Inaccurate conclusion – exaggerated negative impacts and failed to give and accurate conclusion