Regular meditation slows the ageing brain drain.(Brief Article)

Australian Doctor,  November, 2005  by Nogrady, Bianca

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by Bianca Nogrady

YOU don't have to be a Buddhist monk to benefit from meditation -- researchers have found changes in the brain's physical structure among typical working Westerners who fit regular meditation into their daily routine.

MRI of the cerebral cortex of 20 practitioners of a form of meditation called Insight, revealed increased thickness in regions of the cortex associated with sensory processing, according to a study published in NeuroReport (28 November).

The study also showed that regular meditation practice appeared to slow age-related thinning of the ...

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