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Olga Klimecki @OKlimecki

Mother, psychologist, neuroscientist, meditator. Aims at promoting well-being and social cohesion.

Joined August 2020
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Olga Klimecki@OKlimecki
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You are a psychologist and/ or neuroscientist interested in studying how socio-emotional learning can improve well-being in adolescents across different countries? Then we have the right job for you in Innsbruck. The application deadline is January 14th. tinyurl.com/bdewa7a6
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SilverSantéStudy EU@SilverSanteEU
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🚨 New study from the @SilverSanteEU researchers – @MarchantLabUCL Studying 134 older adults, Lau et al. found that ruminative brooding is associated with worse brain health (higher NfL), specifically in women! Now in @npjMentalHealth nature.com/articles/s44184-0…

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Cordial invitation to join me for this online course on February 22nd 2025.
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Happy to share our new paper: Effect of an 18-month meditation training on telomeres in older adults. A secondary analysis of the Age-Well randomized controlled trial. - Biol Psych: GOS bpsgos.org/article/S2667-174… @SilverSanteEU @GeraldinePoisn #meditation @ChetelatLab @Antoine_Lutz

Effect of an 18-Month Meditation Training on Telomeres in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the...

Plain Language SummaryShorter telomeres are associated with increased risk of cognitive decline and age-related diseases. Developing interventions to promote healthy aging by preserving telomere...

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Paper alert from our Medit-Ageing trial on meditation dosage and responsiveness to our mindfulness and compassion intervention in older participants! Congratulations to Marco Schlosser and the team :-) nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

Meditation dosage predicts self- and teacher-perceived responsiveness to an 18-month randomised...

Scientific Reports - Meditation dosage predicts self- and teacher-perceived responsiveness to an 18-month randomised controlled trial

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Interview with me from the Global Compassion Coalition: The Neuroscience of Compassion and Conflict youtube.com/watch?v=uWyN9FIs…

The Neuroscience of Compassion and Conflict with Olga Kilmecki

Dr. Olga Klimecki, a neuroscientist and psychologist, discusses her...

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Was ist Geist? Vom reinen Bewusstsein zum aktiven Handeln Der Mitschnitt des 4. Colloquiums der Deutschen Buddhistischen Union (DBU) mit Dagmar Schwerk, Thomas Metzinger, Gerd Scobel und mir ist online: youtube.com/watch?v=Gv-Muoph…

WAS IST GEIST? – 4. Colloquium | Vom reinen Bewusstsein zum aktiven...

Im vierten Colloquium, das am 16. August 2024 stattfand, diskutiere...

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Together with colleagues, I participated in this film on time. I find the film moving and inspiring. It speaks about the relativity and meaning of time and how we use our time. It will be screened on Saturday, August 24th on arte. arte.tv/fr/videos/109772-000… arte.tv/de/videos/109772-000…
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Congrats to Florence Requier for a new paper: "The evolution of subjective cognition after meditation training in older people: a secondary analysis of the three-arm age-well randomized controlled trial" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The evolution of subjective cognition after meditation training in older people: a secondary...

Aging is associated with cognitive changes, even in the absence of brain pathology. This study aimed to determine if meditation training, by comparison to active and passive control groups, is link...

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Die Technikerkrankenkasse berichtet über unsere aktuelle Studie zu achtsamer Bewegung und Musik für Menschen ab 60. Interessenten können sich gerne bis Ende Juli bei uns anmelden: tk.de/techniker/gesundheit-f…
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Spread the word - job alert! Die Abteilung Biopsychologie an der TU Dresden bietet eine Stelle als Studentische Hilfskraft an: 8 Wochenstunden, Beginn 01.07.2024. Contact: olga_maria.klimecki-lenz@tu-dresden.de
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Spread the word - job alert! The Department of Biological Psychology at TU Dresden is hiring a student assistant. Start: 01st of July 2024 Contact: olga_maria.klimecki-lenz@tu-dresden.de
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Hier ist eine Frauenpower Studie von uns zum Teilnehmen und/ oder Weiterleiten - herzliche Einladung! events.dzne.de/Umfragen/even…
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In this clinical randomized controlled #MeditAgeing study across four European countries we show that both, #mindfulness training and #health self-management interventions do have unique effects in #older adults: doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12558 Huge congratulations to Ylenia D'Elia :-)

Impact of mindfulness‐based and health self‐management interventions on mindfulness, self‐compass...

INTRODUCTION Older adults experiencing subjective cognitive decline (SCD) have a higher risk of dementia. Reducing this risk through behavioral interventions, which can increase emotional well-bein...

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Ein deutscher Podcast zu Mitgefühl mit Lienhard Valentin: integrativeachtsamkeit.podbe…

Folge 21: Die heilsame Kraft des Mitgefühls. Olga Klimecki im...

Die Neurowissenschaftlerin und Meditationslehrerin Olga Klimcki erzählt im Gespräch mit Lienhard Valentin von ihren Erfahrungen in der Forschung zum Mitgefühl. Sie erklärt anschaulich und spannend...

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And finally, one of my favorite papers that we published last year, this time from Patricia Cernadas Curotto showing how compassion training can bring people to feel closer in spite of conflicts: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

Getting closer: compassion training increases feelings of closeness toward a disliked person

Scientific Reports - Getting closer: compassion training increases feelings of closeness toward a disliked person

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New paper on the impact of meditation vs health self-management training on well-being from my former PhD student Marco Schlosser who defended his PhD thesis with flying colours in December 2023 in Geneva: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention and a health self-management programme on psychological...

Objectives Older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) recruited from memory clinics have an increased risk of developing dementia and regularly experience reduced psychological well-being...

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I will also give a free webinar on dealing with difficult emotions for Humanize next week: linkedin.com/events/humanize…
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I have been completely silent on twitter for a long time and now it is called X... Well, let's see what's new? Maybe you are interested in this paper on empathy, compassion, and prosociality by Gabriela Gorska and wonderful collegues in Israel: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

Situational assessment of empathy and compassion: Predicting prosociality using a video-based task

Classical psychometric approaches in social science measure individuals’ tendency to experience empathy and compassion. Using abstract questionnaire items, they place high demand on subjects’...

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