So Mrazek and his colleagues randomly assigned 48 undergrads to take a course in either mindfulness or nutrition for two weeks.

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Researchers in Germany randomly assigned participants to a mindfulness intervention group or a control group.

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He recognizes that the struggle to control our destructive tendencies can be incrementally moved in the right direction by people becoming more self-aware (or, in language popular today, cultivate mindfulness).

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