Article: Meditation Helps Increase Grey Matter

(Note: This is from an older article, in 2006, but still quite fascinating.)

Brain scans show those who practice Insight Meditation an average of 40 minutes a day have thicker layers of the human cortex, a part of the brain that deals with attention and processing sensory input, as they get older, a region that usually thins with age.

"This practice helps reduce random thoughts, as people focus upon- not necessarily concentrating hard- whatever they hear or see."

My thoughts: I've always found Insight Meditation to be a fun and calming exercise.  It relaxes me and helps me slow down, reducing stress, without trying to get me to "clear out everything", something I find impossible.

Any thoughts?

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/01/meditation-found-to-increase-brain-size-2/