What is Mindfulness?: In this video Ellen Langer, PhD, presents her definition on mindfulness.

This article, compiled in 2011, summarizes some recent research focused on mindfulness and identifies some important research centers.

The dual concepts of mindfulness and mindlessness are described. Mindfulness is a state of conscious awareness in which the individual is implicitly aware of the context and content of information. It is a state of openness to novelty in which the individual actively constructs categories and distinctions....

We report the results of a short programme of mindfulness training administered to adolescent boys in a classroom setting. Intervention and control groups (N = 155) were compared on measures of mindfulness resilience and psychological well-being....