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A Meditation Scientist Changes My Mind

A Slight Change of Plans

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The Effects of Meditation on the Brain

Richie Davidson is well known for a study he did with what he calls Olympic meditators, people who've meditated for well over 34,000 hours each. The study showed that meditation can change the brain in profound ways. Davidson: "We know a lot about which areas of the brain contribute to our experience of pain"

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