Fitness | January 24, 2011 | 1 comment

Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks

source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121144007.htm

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Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain's grey matter.
LINK : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121144007.htm
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