The singular discovery comes from a study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital, which for the first time accurately measured the cerebral effect of relaxation techniques and the results obtained on the human brain. In short, 8 weeks of anti-stress practices produce important effects on memory, empathy and the reaction to stress. In short, unplugging, silencing thoughts for a few minutes a day, is good and helps to regain concentration, improving our performance.
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May meditation improve ours concentration and our potentiality, Thanks to relaxation and therefore to a greater lucidity of the body and of the brain, we had known this for some time now, but that it actually did increase the density of gray matter no one would have expected it. Above all because the society and the world of work in which we live seem to reward and encourage increasingly intense stress rhythms.
The singular discovery comes from a study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital, which for the first time has precisely measured the cerebral effect of relaxation techniques and the results obtained on the human brain.
In short, 8 weeks of anti-stress practices produce important effects on the memory, On 'empathy stress reaction.
In short, unplugging, silencing thoughts for a few minutes a day, is good and helps to regain concentration, improving our performance.
The study was published in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging and was attended by 16 people, which - thanks to the snapshot of brain images - were analyzed before and after the anti-stress course.
From the comparison of the before and after images the difference is evident: after practicing meditation for two months the gray matter in the hippocampus (where the mechanisms of memory and learning start) has increased in density.
"The personal experience of stress cannot be reduced with just an 8-week training program," said Amishi Jha, one of the researchers, "but the discovery opens the door to possibilities for further research on the potential of meditation as a way to protect. against stress-related disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorders ".
Verdiana Amorosi
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