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April 30, 2003

Meditation's Changes to the Brain

Sunspot article

Neuroscience continues to march on discovering new things about the brain. This time it is about meditation. A recent study suggests that meditation causes increased activity in the left frontal cortex. People under stress and depression show little activity there. Also, the immune response is improved in meditators. There are other tidbits in the article and it is worth a read if you are at all interested in meditation and the brain.


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