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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- Mind the hype: A critical evaluation and prescriptive agenda for research on mindfulness and meditation
- Reiterated Concerns and Further Challenges for Mindfulness and Meditation Research: A Reply to Davidson and Dahl
- Greater Cortical Thickness in Elderly Female Yoga Practitioners-A Cross-Sectional Study