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Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks

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James Carmody, PhD, of the Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical School, is one of co-authors of the study, which was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the British Broadcasting Company, and the Mind and Life Institute.
 

2011-01-21 - Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks
Mass. General-led study shows changes over time in areas associated with awareness, empathy, stress. Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.  In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain’s grey matter.

2011-01-21 - Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain
Science Daily (press release) - ‎Jan 21, 2011‎
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.

2011-01-22 - Meditation Could Improve Memory And Empathy - MedIndia
by Gopalan
A structured 8-week meditation program leads to measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress, the study seems to show.


2011-01-22 - 8-week mindfulness meditation program changes brain structure  Sify
A new study has revealed that participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program lead to measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory,

2011-01-22 -  Brain Structure Can Be Changed in Eight Weeks Through Mindfulness Meditation Training
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study that 8-weeks mindfulness meditation program is designed to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.