Meditation can speed up the brain, researchers say

B5C

Researchers at UCLA have discovered that meditation may speed up brain processing.

The study that appears in the online edition of the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, suggests that long-term meditators have larger amounts of gyrification, essentially the folding of the cortex that helps speed up the brain, than those who don't practice meditation, said ScienceDaily.

"Rather than just comparing meditators and non-meditators, we wanted to see if there is a link between the amount of meditation practice and the extent of brain alteration," MedicalExpress quoted Eileen Luders, an assistant professor at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, as saying. "That is, correlating the number of years of meditation with the degree of folding."

The research used MRI scans to compare the brains of 50 meditators to 50 non-meditators.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business-tech/science/120315/meditation-can-speed-the-brain-researchers-say

Dakini

"Earlier studies have shown that those who meditate have more gray matter, more connections between regions, and less atrophy". Could meditation offer protection against Alzheimer's?

"Meditators are known to be masters of introspection and awareness as well as emotional control and self-regulation." Take note, beginners! It really does help improve life.

Good article.

B5C

"Earlier studies have shown that those who meditate have more gray matter, more connections between regions, and less atrophy". Could meditation offer protection against Alzheimer's?

I think more studies are needed to prove that claim or disprove that claim.

Victorious

For any that really practise meditation, this is old news. But interesting all the same.

Different techniques give different results.

Standing pole excercise doing 'nerve practise' is outstanding for speeding up mental processing.

/Victor

Dakini

"Earlier studies have shown that those who meditate have more gray matter, more connections between regions, and less atrophy". Could meditation offer protection against Alzheimer's?

I think more studies are needed to prove that claim or disprove that claim.

Obviously. It was more a rhetorical question to point out the tantalizing possibility.