Neuroimaging studies that use tools like EEG and fMRI scan a meditator’s brain at a single point in time and give us associations between meditation and the brain’s structure or function.

Seems simple enough, right? But it turns out that this basic practice, known as mindfulness meditation, is powerful stuff. Not only does it help reduce stress and improve mood, but it actually changes ...

More information: Winson Fu Zun Yang et al, Intensive whole brain 7T MRI case study of volitional control of brain activity in deep absorptive meditation states, Cerebral Cortex (2023). DOI: 10. ...