A new study by UCLA researchers found that meditation appears to help preserve the brain’s gray matter, the tissue that contains neurons. This is extremely important because at some time in the mid-to-late 20s, the brain begins to decrease in size and can often lose some function.
According to the study, the effects of meditation were greater than expected. Study co-author Dr. Florian Kurth writes, “We expected rather small and distinct effects located in some of the regions that had previously been associated with meditating… Instead, what we actually observed was a widespread effect of meditation that encompassed regions throughout the entire brain.”
Dr. Kurth warns that this study does not “prove” meditation preserved gray matter in the brain. There are many other factors such as lifestyle and genetics that can have an effect, but the results are promising and hopefully more research will give more definitive answers.
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