TORONTO — Meditation can significantly reduce the intensity and
perception of pain — and the effects aren’t just in a person’s mind,
researchers have found.


In a study of volunteers trained to perform a type of meditation
called focused attention, special MRI scans showed that areas of the
brain typically activated by pain were altered — sometimes dramatically —
while subjects engaged in the thought-controlling exercise.



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