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Meditation Appears to Produce Enduring Changes in Emotional Processing in the Brain

A new study has found that participating in an 8-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating. In their report in the November issue of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston University (BU), and several other research centers also found differences in those effects based on the specific type of meditation practiced.

Read more of the article at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121112150339.htm

Read more about Charles Raison at http://cals.arizona.edu/fcs/faculty/Charles_Raison

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