Harvard Unveils MRI Study Proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain’s Gray Matter In 8 Weeks

[Xue Sheng]

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Harvard Unveils MRI Study Proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain’s Gray Matter In 8 Weeks

Test subjects taking part in an 8-week program of mindfulness meditation showed results that astonished even the most experienced neuroscientists at Harvard University. The study was led by a Harvard-affiliated team of researchers based at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the team’s MRI scans documented for the very first time in medical history how meditation produced massive changes inside the brain’s gray matter.

 

[Steve]

Bookmarking this for a read later on. Thank for sharing.


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[seasoned]

Yes, thank you for posting. Very interesting.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Very interesting read. Looking forward to looking at this study even more closely!

 

[Xue Sheng]

From the Harvard gazette

Participating in an eight-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 Jan. 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Harvard-affiliated researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain’s gray matter.

Did some further research into this article and it is available on the "Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging" site. but it is not free to view. You need to purchase a subscription here.

 

[thanson02]

Very cool! Watching thread.