As presents are unwrapped on Christmas morning this year, thousands of Australians will receive a gift they didn't know they needed — a colouring-in book. Colouring-in books marketed as stress-busters ...

When we think of the best ways to reduce stress, we might picture activities such as exercise or meditation. But while these pursuits certainly work for some people, they aren't the only techniques ...

Human-computer interaction researchers have developed a new prototype that can monitor people's brain signals while they are coloring mandalas and produce real-time feedback on a peripheral display to ...

Are we really a nation vibrating with anxiety? The booming sales of colouring books that help calm us down would suggest so The Michael O’Mara publishing empire is housed exactly as you would expect ...

Coloring has therapeutic potential to reduce anxiety, create focus or bring about more mindfulness Like meditation, coloring allows the brain to switch off other thoughts and focus Coloring books are ...

As of this writing, five of the top 30 titles on Amazon’s best-seller list are adult coloring books. With over 2000 titles out there and rising, the phenomenon of adult coloring-within-the-lines just ...

I have never changed my mind about anything as quickly or completely as I changed my mind about adult coloring books. I found the trend mostly baffling and maybe a little dumb. But I saw some in a ...

Mindfulness is a practice that involves increasing awareness of the present moment by focusing on thoughts, feelings, and sensations. It can also refer to focusing on one task at a time without ...