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Practicing mindfulness/meditation is good for the brain
by moscoe 3y ago
Practicing mindfulness/meditation is good for the brain
- isaacfung 3y agoIt seems to me the interesting thing is that they showed there was some measurable change in the brain scan after six weeks. Her amygdala has reduced in size while the cingulate cortex has increased in size, although they didn't say by how much.
- DoreenMichele 3y agoAnd we don't actually have any means to prove those brain changes were caused by mindfulness. It could be coincidence. I'm not dismissing it, but we have no means to go back in time, split her in two and examine a copy of her brain after six weeks without mindfulness as the control.
- bsder 3y agoI thought that there has also been some research that these kinds of "mindfulness" exercises can enhance existing tendencies toward mental illness--depression, dissociation, paranoia, etc. Of course, that doesn't get reported in every new age social media channel.
- DoreenMichele 3y agoProbably should say it "can be" good for the brain.
- hellotheretoday 3y ago*maybe