Watch Out! Your Brain May Grow Bigger (if you meditate)

[kleong 0]

Yep. Did read somewhere that the brain will lose its density when one ages. But yet to come across an article that says mediation increase the size of brain.

[freenrg 0]

Yep. Did read somewhere that the brain will lose its density when one ages. But yet to come across an article that says mediation increase the size of brain.

Here it is:

 

Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

Sara W. Lazar et al

http://scholar.harvard.edu/sara_lazar

 

Also related to this same research, news release from the Society for Neuroscience:

TAKE A DEEP BREATH; MEDITATION MAY BOOST BRAIN SIZE AND INCREASE MENTAL PERFORMANCE, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

 

The Society for Neuroscience is a the world's largest organization dedicated to the scientific study of the brain.