This Is Your Brain On Zen - Experienced Meditators Recover More Quickly
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 22:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than novices, according to a new brain imaging study. After being interrupted by a word-recognition task, experienced meditators' brains returned faster to their pre-interruption condition, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine found. Read More...
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