Is meditation pseudoscience?

[AbandonShip]

seems like a shitty placebo to me tbh

 

[Deleted member 6400]

theres scientific studies to back it up stfo

 

[Aesthetics_III]

No

 

[AbandonShip]

theres scientific studies to back it up stfo

Post them

 

[Deleted member 6400]

Post them

MRI scans show that after an eight-week course of mindfulness practice, the brain’s “fight or flight” center, the amygdala, appears to shrink. This primal region of the brain, associated with fear and emotion, is involved in the initiation of the body’s response to stress.

As the amygdala shrinks, the pre-frontal cortex – associated with higher order brain functions such as awareness, concentration and decision-making – becomes thicker.

The “functional connectivity” between these regions – i.e. how often they are activated together – also changes. The connection between the amygdala and the rest of the brain gets weaker, while the connections between areas associated with attention and concentration get stronger.

What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain?

As you read this, wiggle your toes. Feel the way they push against your shoes, and the weight of your feet on the floor. Really think about what your feet feel like right now - their heaviness.

blogs.scientificamerican.com

Increased dopamine tone during meditation-induced change of consciousness - PubMed

This is the first in vivo demonstration of an association between endogenous neurotransmitter release and conscious experience. Using 11C-raclopride PET we demonstrated increased endogenous dopamine release in the ventral striatum during Yoga Nidra meditation. Yoga Nidra is characterized by a...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Yoga Nidra boosts Dopamine Levels in the Brain by 65%

 

[AbandonShip]

MRI scans show that after an eight-week course of mindfulness practice, the brain’s “fight or flight” center, the amygdala, appears to shrink. This primal region of the brain, associated with fear and emotion, is involved in the initiation of the body’s response to stress.

As the amygdala shrinks, the pre-frontal cortex – associated with higher order brain functions such as awareness, concentration and decision-making – becomes thicker.

The “functional connectivity” between these regions – i.e. how often they are activated together – also changes. The connection between the amygdala and the rest of the brain gets weaker, while the connections between areas associated with attention and concentration get stronger.

What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain?

As you read this, wiggle your toes. Feel the way they push against your shoes, and the weight of your feet on the floor. Really think about what your feet feel like right now - their heaviness.

blogs.scientificamerican.com

Increased dopamine tone during meditation-induced change of consciousness - PubMed

This is the first in vivo demonstration of an association between endogenous neurotransmitter release and conscious experience. Using 11C-raclopride PET we demonstrated increased endogenous dopamine release in the ventral striatum during Yoga Nidra meditation. Yoga Nidra is characterized by a...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Yoga Nidra boosts Dopamine Levels in the Brain by 65%

Damn. Ancient Hindus were legit.

Time to meditate

 

[TsarTsar444]

Damn. Ancient Hindus were legit.

Time to meditate

Thats how ancient curries used to cope, high iq tbh

 

[AbandonShip]

Thats how ancient curries used to cope, high iq tbh

Now they cope with cow shit and piss. How the mighty have fallen

 

[TsarTsar444]

Now they cope with cow shit and piss. How the mighty have fallen

Isn't that your culture jfl

 

[AbandonShip]

Isn't that your culture jfl

 

[TsarTsar444]

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Just Pakistanmax tbh

 

[AbandonShip]

Just Pakistanmax tbh

I can't comment on this cause the Indian secret agencies might be monitoring my activities

 

[TsarTsar444]

I can't comment on this cause the Indian secret agencies might be monitoring my activities

Tales from Modi's cabinet

 

[AbandonShip]

Tales from Modi's cabinet

To the Indian secret service: I am a proud patriotic Indian who hates Pakistan and wants it to be nuked. Fuck Pakistan

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