Meditation ‘slows down aging of the brain’

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Date: 15th July 2011 Source: Times of India  ”A study at UCLA has found that long term meditators had more grey matter and showed less brain atrophy than other individuals. Eileen Luders, a visiting assistant professor at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, and colleagues found that the differences between meditators…”

Mental imagery ‘influences perception’

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Date: June 21st 2011 Source: Times of India A recent study has shown that rather than mental imagery or visualisation being apart from our experience of the world, it can actually influence our perception of it. The study’s authors, Joel Pearson of the University of New South Wales, Rosanne Rademaker of Maastricht University, and Frank [...]

Hypnosis ‘speeds up op recovery’

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Date: 14th June 2011 Source: Daily Mail “Hypnotising women undergoing breast cancer surgery could speed their recovery and reduce the odds of the disease returning, experts believe. They say using a combination of hypnotism…”