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Meditation and Neuroplasticity: Five key articles

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Meditation not only changes our mind but also our brain – this is what more and more neuroscientific research suggests. Neuroplasticity – the change of brain structures as a result of experience – is considered to be one of the most important discoveries of neuroscience. Over the last 10 years evidence has been growing that not only the acquisition of navigational knowledge by London Taxi drivers (see video) or learning a new motor task like juggling (see article), but also... Read more
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Meditation changes brain connectivity

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– a recent study revealed underlying mechanisms of white matter change Over the last few years, research has established that meditation practice influences various aspects of our cognitive and emotional life in positive ways. It is exciting to see that such improvements also seem to be reflected in changes to the brain structure. Indeed, several studies revealed specific differences between meditators and non-meditators regarding cortical thickness, grey matter and white matter density. Exciting as these findings are, they cannot answer the... Read more
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Mindfulness and Cognitive Control

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An important ability in life is the ability to act automatically. Once we have learned how to ride a bycicle it will work without much – if any – conscious effort or control being required. This is certainly a good thing. However, sometimes we function on autopilot when it might be less useful or we may respond in an automated fashion, without being quite aware that we are responding, not to mention how exactly we are responding. This is not... Read more
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Mindfulness meditation – How does it work? Part Two

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In a recent post I introduced a theoretical paper that outlines how mindfulness meditation works. Britta Hölzel and co-workers explain the assumed mechanisms that underpin the beneficial effects of mindfulness practice . Here I would like to offer a few more ideas that arose when reading this interesting paper. Hölzel et al’s (2011) model of mindfulness mechanisms A theoretical perspective of mechanisms of mindfulness The authors developed the presented model on theoretical grounds and – to a varying degree –... Read more

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