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A Meditation Scientist Changes My Mind
A Slight Change of Plans
**Metta kindness meditation vs. CBT. **
A study compared the effectiveness of compassion and cognitive behavioral therapy on people's altruism./nParticipants were randomly assigned to either a compassion meditation group or a group that received training in cognitive behavioral therapy./nCompassion meditation involved visualizing a loved one, themselves, a recognized stranger, and a difficult person, and repeating the phrase 'may you be happy, may you be free of suffering'./nAfter two weeks, the compassion group behaved more altruistically than the cognitive therapy group./nBrain changes in the compassion group predicted their altruistic behavior on a decision-making task.
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