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Chronic Back Pain Is Associated<br />
with Decreased Prefrontal and<br />
Thalamic Gray Matter Density<br />
Apkarian et al 2004<br />
Accelerated Brain Gray Matter<br />
Loss in Fibromyalgia Patients:<br />
Premature Aging <strong>of</strong> the Brain<br />
Kuchinad et al 2007<br />
Meditation<br />
Attention to breath<br />
Thicker cortex in attention and sensory<br />
processing areas on MRI <strong>of</strong> people who<br />
meditated<br />
Effect most pronounced in older subjects<br />
suggesting that meditating could reduce<br />
some <strong>of</strong> the cortical thinning and cognitive<br />
decline seen in aging<br />
(Lazar et al 2005)<br />
Meditation<br />
Neural processing was found to be more<br />
coordinated in a study looking at people with<br />
extensive training in meditation (Lutz et al 2004)<br />
Complex cerebral blood flow pattern developed<br />
during meditation in 8 experienced Buddhist<br />
meditaters <strong>com</strong>pared to normal waking state<br />
(Newberg et al 2001)<br />
Laurie McLaughlin 2012<br />
www.proactiveeducation.ca<br />
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