Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes in amygdala activity during negative affective processing.
Social Neuroscience June 1, 2018 Mei-Kei Leung, Way K W Lau, Chetwyn C H Chan et al.
Recent evidence suggests that the effects of meditation practice on affective processing and resilience have the potential to induce neuroplastic changes within the amygdala. Notably, literature speculates that meditation training may reduce amygdala activity during negative affective processing. Nonetheless, studies have thus far not verified this speculation. In this longitudinal study,...