Meditation: Even a little helps - Nú rannsókn

 

You don’t have to be a monk.

Scientific literature is brimming with research showing that meditation literally changes the structure of the human brain, at least among persons who practice “mindfulness,” as it is sometimes called, for many years.

 

But new research shows that even 20 minutes a day, four days a week, can produce an impressive increase in critical cognitive skills.

 

“Simply stated, the profound improvements that we found after just four days of meditation training are really surprising,” psychologist Fadel Zeidan said in releasing the study. “It goes to show that the mind is, in fact, easily changeable and highly influenced, especially by meditation.”

 

Zeiden led the study while finishing his doctoral studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is now a researcher at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

 

 

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