Watch an excerpt from Sara's episode of The Conversation Series.
We study the impact of yoga and meditation on various cognitive and behavioral functions. Our results suggest that meditation can produce experience-based structural alterations in the brain. We also found evidence that meditation may slow down the age related atrophy of certain areas of the brain.
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- Common and Dissociable Neural Activity After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Response Programs
- Reduced interference in working memory following mindfulness training is associated with increases in hippocampal volume
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Improves Cognitive Functioning and Flexibility Among Individuals with Elevated Depressive Symptoms