Thursday, August 04, 2016

New evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces stress by altering brain connectivity


New evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces stress by altering brain connectivity

Mindfulness meditation reduces stress by increasing brain connectivity between top-down executive control…

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I have made a number of posts that suggest that certain forms of brain training technology, particularly those that focus on quieting the default brain network (e.g., Interactive Metronome. https://www.interactivemetronome.com), appear to be doing something similar to certain forms of focused attention meditation.  See this one post in particular.  http://www.brainclock.net/2015/07/brain-networks-and-fine-tunning.html

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Kevin McGrew, PhD
Educational Psychologist
Director, Institute for Applied Psychometrics
IAP
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