The Times Picayune: The ancient discipline of meditation is making a big comeback among brain scientists. Advances in brain imaging and monitoring have made it possible to see inside the brain and explore the biological forces creating and driving conscious thoughts.

“Now we are in a position to ask questions about people’s experience and measure brain activity in close to real time,” says Clifford Saron, a scientist at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California at Davis. And with growing numbers of people turning to meditation for stress relief, Saron says, there’s a pressing need to figure out how the many forms of mental practice actually work. Read more here.

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