meditation

The article isn't brand new, but it's a doozy.

Quoted: Can how we think change our brains in a way that will make life more joyful and less stressful?
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Can we train our minds to be more attentive, focused and better at decision-making?
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...Ricard, who had been deeply meditating on compassion when his brain was scanned, nearly soared off the chart of positive emotions - he had the highest level of happiness ever documented.

I think this is something we pretty much already knew, but its nice to have some hard science around it.

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Mindful meditation not only helps people to achieve peace and calm, but can alter negative tendencies as well.

Quoted: Brain scans reveal that naming your emotions calms one's emotion center

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Quoted: 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.