I'm not really surprised. Considering that activities like juggling also increase connections: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/091012_2.html http:/

I'm not really surprised. Considering that activities like juggling also increase connections: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/091012_2.html http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/091012_2.html I expect any new activity will change the brain structure and make it more "elastic". To really assess if there are long time benefits of meditation, one needs a way larger sample size and longer time period. I wonder how the changes juggling does to our brain compare to those of meditation or other activities.