Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks January 21, 2011
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. <snip> http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-brain-weeks.h\ tml <http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-brain-weeks.\ html>
