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Via SharpBrains  Results of a study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) p ublished March 25 in the Public Library of Science One  suggest that positive emotions such as loving-kindness and compassion can be learned in the same way as playing a musical instrument or being proficient in a sport. The scans revealed that brain circuits used to detect emotions and feelings were dramatically changed in subjects who had extensive experience practicing compassion meditation. Abstract. Recent brain imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have...

The Neurobiological Dimension of Meditation - Results from Neuroimaging Studies. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2006 Dec;56(12):488-492 Authors: Neumann NU, Frasch K Meditation in general can be understood as a state of complete and unintentional silent and motionless concentration on an activity, an item or an idea. Subjectively, meditative experience is said to be fundamentally...

Cross-sectional and longitudinal study of effects of transcendental meditation practice on interhemispheric frontal asymmetry and frontal coherence. Int J Neurosci. 2006 Dec;116(12):1519-38...