Earlier this month, a study reported that a brief instruction in either of two forms of meditation helped quiet negative thoughts in people who were told to think about a fear they had. The results aren’t too surprising since meditation was largely developed to do exactly this, but it’s always good to have more scientific evidence for the effect. Meditation is a tried-and-true method for quieting fear-based thoughts, but there are others that are equally effective, and which come from other disciplines, like psychology and neuroscience. Many of the strategies are actually pretty closely related to one another, but we can pick and choose from them as needed, when the “voices” in our heads are particularly meddlesome. So here are some science-based ways to quiet the chatter. Read this great HBR article to find out more.