Those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for 8 weeks had measurable changes in gray matter density
Posting on the New York Times health blog, Well, Sindya N. Bhanoo explores How Meditation May Change the Brain. Citing research from the January 30, 2011 issue of “Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging” (helmed by lead author Britta Hölzel, a psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School), Bhanoo reports 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 stress.”
A January 21 article in the Harvard Gazette, by Sue McGreevey, reviews the same research. A few excerpts from McGreevey’s article, Eight Weeks to a Better Brain:
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