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Meditation May Bolster Brain Activity

WebMD reports that Meditation May Bolster Brain Activity. Apparently researchers took Buddhist monks who'd been meditating for decades and compared them to college students who had never meditated at all. The monks had higher gamma brain waves, associated with concentration and happiness, and when they were meditating, those levels actually surpassed any that had been previously recorded, ever. Interestingly, the article doesn't mention if the students also experienced an increase in gamma while meditating. Also interesting is that this was "compassionate meditation, which does not require concentration on specific things. Instead, the participants are instructed to generate a feeling of love and compassion without drawing attention to a particular object."

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