Meditation builds up the brain

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Meditation builds up the brain

 

11:01 15 November 2005

NewScientist.com news service

Alison Motluk

(Message Courtesy: Vergil7 of Alternative Medicine Forum)

 

Meditating does more than just feel good and calm you down, it makes you

perform better – and alters the structure of your brain, researchers have found.

 

People who meditate say the practice restores their energy, and some claim

they need less sleep as a result. Many studies have reported that the brain

works differently during meditation – brainwave patterns change and neuronal

firing patterns synchronise. But whether meditation actually brings any of the

restorative benefits of sleep has remained largely unexplored.

 

The interesting results of such an exploration can be read at:

 

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8317