Zen Meditation: Thicker Brains Fend Off Pain

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interesting article about how meditation actually lowers sensitivity to pain.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224103357.htm

Through training, Zen meditators appear to

thicken certain areas of their cortex and this

appears to be underlie their lower sensitivity to

pain, " says lead author A. Grant, a

doctoral student in the Université de Montréal

Department of Physiology and Institut

universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. " We found

a relationship between cortical thickness and

pain sensitivity, which supports our previous

study on how Zen meditation regulates pain. "

Alford

GI Motility Medical Research Page

http://alford.grimtrojan.com/