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A Meditation Scientist Changes My Mind

A Slight Change of Plans

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The Neuronal Signature of Resilience

Among expert meditators, there's no significant activation whatsoever in any area of the pain matrix. The only activation we see is activation in their auditory cortex, registering the sound. Then when the painful stimulus comes on, they show a big response. But then when the pain went off after 10 seconds, it came right back down to baseline immediately.

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