Is there a scientific consensus on meditation?
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Ah, just seeing this question now and thought you might find this helpful.
Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoplesβ mental states, say researchers at the University of WisconsinβMadison.
Published March 25 in the Public Library of Science One, the study was the first to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to indicate 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.
This is the famous study that led to the Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard being dubbed, "The happiest man on earth!"
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If you are still interested, you can check this:
It's a comment with about 15 benefits of meditation with links to scientific articles that state them as far as I understand.
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