Research shows a great similarity between the cerebral area activated by meditation and those subjected to standard psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapeutic treatments.Ĭan tradition and science cooperate for the common good? Photo by Conscious Design / Unsplash The challenges. Research showed greater grey matter concentration for meditators in the right anterior insula, a part of the brain strongly linked to self-awareness, while another study reports an increase in the thickness of the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory and regulating emotions, as well as decreasing the volume of the amygdala, the brain's "fear center," responsible for the fight-or-flight response and the release of the stress hormone cortisol in response to fear or perceived danger.
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