The back up Blog of the real Xenophilius Lovegood, a slightly mad scientist.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Meditation found to increase brain size
People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don't. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains. Brain scans they conducted reveal that experienced meditators boasted increased thickness in parts of the brain that deal with attention and processing sensory input. - full story on physorg
Hmm. So does that mean certain activities also make your brain shrink?
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