From reducing anxiety to possibly slowing dementia, learn more about the benefits meditating has on your brain.

What is meditation, and how do I do it? Rooted in Eastern religions such as Buddhism, meditation is a practice that seeks to sharpen your awareness and concentration.

Meditation triggers a “relaxation response,” which helps you move your body and brain from flight-or-fight mode (which we experience during the day) to rest mode.

Music actively rewires neural pathways and triggers emotional responses more effectively than meditation, offering easier access to brain-boosting benefits.

New brain stimulation techniques could help scientists understand how meditation changes the mind.

While meditation can bring about profound changes in our brain and perspective, these transformations do not happen overnight, and meditation is not a panacea.

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Science has struggled to do the same. We know some interesting but scattered things: Meditation makes parts of your brain grow thicker. It changes patterns of electrical activity in key brain ...

A new study, published in Biological Psychiatry, has revealed that mindfulness meditation engages distinct brain mechanisms to reduce pain compared to those of the placebo response.

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