Using Meditation in Pediatric Medicine
Children suffering from stress or trauma can benefit from the neurological effects of meditation, researchers find.
Source: theepochtimes.com
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Children suffering from stress or trauma can benefit from the neurological effects of meditation, researchers find.
Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and depression, our team found in the first brain-imaging study of young people under 18 years old. Over-activity in this collection of brain regions, known as the default mode network, is thought to be involved…
A new study provides the first glimpse into what happens in children’s brains as they meditate.