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Study Shows Meditation Changes Brain Structure in Just 8 Weeks

DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
edited January 2011 in General Banter
The benefits of meditation have received newfound evidence from neuroscience in the last five years, as researchers are finding real physiological changes due to a sort of formally practiced introspection.

Recently scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital had 16 participants take an eight-week mindfulness meditation program. This sort of meditation focuses on nonjudgmental awareness of sensations and feelings. Subjects practiced for about 30 minutes a day.

Read the full article here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=mediation-correlated-with-structura-11-01-22

Comments

  • Thanks, Leon. Do they discuss this stuff in any of your psychology classes?
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    Thanks, Leon. Do they discuss this stuff in any of your psychology classes?
    Nope:(
    I wish!
    I need to look into Buddhist Psychology school!
    By the way...Did you get my recent message?
    It was really long!
    Lol.
  • interesting article thanks
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    interesting article thanks
    Welcome!
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