January 2011
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How meditation changes the brain
Last fall I started a daily meditation practice that benefitted me in more ways than I can count. Seems there’s a bit of neuroscience that could help me explain it:
The researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and...