How meditation changes your brain

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🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In 2002, scientists in the US began performing a landmark series of experiments on Buddhist monks from around the world. The studies showed that the brains of experienced meditators alter, allowing them to focus better and manage their emotions. Alejandra Martins talks to Professor Richard Davidson of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

PHOTO: A monk taking part in the experiment (Center for Healthy Minds).

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
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0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Cladie Aide.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:24.9	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to
0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:36.5	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:41.5	telly we share what we've been watching.
0:43.7	Cladie Aide!
0:45.7	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:54.7	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. And now on the BBC World Service witness history with me Alejandro Martins.
1:10.3	Today I'm bringing you the story of a remarkable scientific experiment to study the Buddhist practice of meditation.
1:18.0	It showed for the first time that meditation can actually change the brain.
1:23.0	In 2002, a group of Buddhist monks began arriving at a university in the United States.
1:37.0	One of them, a Tibetan monk called Mingo Rimpoche, has flown over 11,000 kilometers from its monastery in Nepal.
1:45.0	I remember picking him up at the Madison Airport.
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