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Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure In 8 Weeks

Mass. General-led study shows changes over time in areas associated with awareness, empathy, stress

Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)– 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…

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