Meditation changes brain structure by increasing gray matter in key regions.
Evidence
A blockbuster MRI study from Harvard found that people who took the eight-week MBSR course had thicker gray matter in the areas of the brain associated with self-awareness and compassion, while the regions associated with stress actually shrank. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 885
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 885
- XREF: connects to: Meditation creates a new default mode of mental operation. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 886; Learning is fundamentally the changing of synaptic connections — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1485; Deep listening is meditation embracing all perceptible vibrations — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 87
Broader Connections
- Meditation creates a new default mode of mental operation.
#expands(0.75) — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 886 - Deep listening is meditation embracing all perceptible vibrations
#expands(0.20) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 87