by Jeff Local Search | Sep 12, 2018 | Neuroscience, Stress Management
Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was one of the first scientists to take the anecdotal claims about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness and test them in brain scans. What she found surprised her — that...
by Jeff Local Search | Aug 9, 2018 | Lifestyle
Neuroscientist Sara Lazar’s amazing brain scans show meditation can actually change the size of key regions of our brain, improving our memory and making us more empathetic, compassionate, and resilient under stress.
by Jeff Local Search | Jul 20, 2018 | Lifestyle
After 18 days of being trapped in a cave in Thailand, the 12-boy soccer team and their coach have been rescued. How did they survive? Stanford expert Leah Weiss explains that meditation was crucial in keeping the boys alive. With insufficient air and a shortage of...
by Jeff Local Search | Jul 5, 2018 | Lifestyle
As of 2015, Americans saw a drastic increase in major depressive disorder. Prescribed with talk therapy and antidepressant medications, clinically depressed patients were only seeing sporadic improvements. Benjamin Shapero and Gaëlle Desbordes decided to study...
by Jeff Local Search | Jun 13, 2018 | Lifestyle
In a study that explored the social effects of meditation, researchers discovered that meditation teaches people to better regulate their emotions. When people regulate their emotions well, they are more likely to empathize with and respond to a person in need. Find...
