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Meditation Linked to Structural Changes in Brain The regular practice of meditation seems to produce structural changes in areas of the brain associated with attention and sensory processing, a new study suggests. The imaging study, led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers, found that particular areas of the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain, were thicker in participants who were experienced practitioners of a type of meditation commonly practiced in the United States and other western countries. The findings appear in the Nov. 15 issue of NeuroReport, and are also to be presented Monday at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, D.C. "Our results suggest that meditation can produce experience-based structural alterations in the brain," said study author Sara Lazar, of the hospital's Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program. "We also found evidence that meditation may slow down the aging-related atrophy of certain areas of the brain." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
