Yi-Yuan Tang, of Texas Tech University, used functional M.R.I.’s - TopicsExpress



          

Yi-Yuan Tang, of Texas Tech University, used functional M.R.I.’s before and after participants spent a combined 11 hours over two weeks practicing a form of mindfulness meditation developed by Tang. They found that it enhanced the integrity and efficiency of the brain’s white matter, the tissue that connects and protects neurons emanating from the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of particular importance for rational decision-making and effortful problem-solving.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:52:29 +0000

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