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Can meditation make you smarter? A [http://www.annalsnyas.org/cgi/content/abstract/annals.1393.002v1 review of the evidence] suggests that it might... == Links == * [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W4M-43T8D1N-5&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=18c8722b64111adb849bfe9a03d1540c Controlled study suggesting that meditation improves intelligence] * [http://www.mum.edu/tm_research/bibliography.html Bibliography of research on transcendental meditation] ** you should be careful when taking for granted any "research" coming from Maharishi "University". While some of their meditation techniques may be beneficial and efficient (as are many other, non-TM meditation practices), the "Transcendental Meditation" comes with large overhead/baggage of spiritualist/anti-realist junk than no-one in any related science takes for serious. * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness Mindfulness] - article at Wikipedia * [http://www.selfknowledge.org/resources/press/wsj_begley.htm Article by Sharon Begley] (author of "Train your mind, change your brain", suggesting that meditation can bring about positive changes in the brain * [http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/web/News/Meditation_Alters_Brain_WSJ_11-04.htm Article in WSJ] - Scans of Monks' Brains Show Meditation Alters Structure, Functioning * [http://www.news.wisc.edu/14944 Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain] * [http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/reprint/65/4/564 Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation] - academic paper * [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050138&ct=1 Mental training affects distribution of limited brain resources] - suggests meditation can improve performance related to the "attentional blink" * [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8317 Meditation builds up the brain] - article in the New Scientist * Google has several Tech Talks about Meditation. Shinezen Young gave an excellent talk called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCWP4pODbs Divide and Conquer: How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science]. Philippe Goldin also gave a talk called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6Q0G1iHBI Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation] about neuroscience's research and adoption of meditation. * [[http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html|Mindfulness In Plain English]], a free book on mindfulness meditation (vipassana bhavana), one of the two main modes of Buddhist meditation (the other one being loving-kindness meditation, metta bhavana). == See Also == * ImprovingIntelligence * MindPerformanceHacks/LearnToMeditate * MindPerformanceHacks/UseTheFourfoldBreath

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