Eight weeks to a better brain

A new study that is being published this month suggests that an eight week course in meditation and mindfulness not only reduces people's stress levels, but can also bring about structural changes to specific areas of our brains.

I’m still waiting for the actual study to come out so that I can scrutinize the methods and controls, but it is exciting that researchers might be able to describe the sorts of physical changes in our brain that can lead to reduced stress, improved memory and increased sense of well-being.