Zen Training Speeds The Mind's Return After Distraction, Brain Scans Reveal
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 09:21
in Psychology & Sociology
After being interrupted by a word-recognition task, experienced meditators' brains returned faster to their pre-interruption condition. Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine changes in blood flow in the brain when people meditating were interrupted by stimuli designed to mimic the appearance of spontaneous thoughts.
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