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September 12, 2003
And the answer is...
NY Times: Is Buddhism Good for Your Health?
The fact that the brain can learn, adapt and molecularly resculpture itself on the basis of experience and training suggests that meditation may leave a biological residue in the brain -- a residue that, with the increasing sophistication of new technology, might be captured and measured...
''What's being measured,'' Davidson explained, ''is a person's capacity to voluntarily regulate their emotional reactions.''
Daren Jackson, the lead researcher on the study, added, ''Meditation may facilitate more rapid, spontaneous recovery from negative reactions.''
Posted by sam at September 12, 2003 10:02 PM