Meditation

• • Researchers working with Tibetan monks have been able to demonstrate meditation can change inner workings of the brain
• • Davidson compared 8 practitioners of Tibetan meditation with 10 student volunteers - both groups fitted with electrical sensors and asked to meditate for short periods - electrodes picked up greater activation of Gamma waves for monks than students.
• • Researchers concluded that meditation not only changes the workings of the brain in short term but may produce permanent changes.