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Have Zen Brain to Fend off Pain

   By: , Feme Fashions Bureau | 25 Feb 2010
 
  Latest studies have shown that practicing the centuries-old discipline of Zen can reinforce a central brain region, minimising the sensitivity to pain.
 
People can reduce their sensitivity to pain by thickening their brain, according to a new study published in a special issue of the American Psychological Association journal, Emotion. Researchers from the Université de Montréal made their discovery by comparing the grey matter thickness of Zen meditators and non-meditators, and it was found that practicing the centuries-old discipline of Zen can reinforce a central brain region (anterior cingulate) that regulates pain.

Through training, Zen meditators appear to thicken certain areas of their cortex and this appears to lower their sensitivity to pain, say the scientists. A relationship between cortical thickness and pain sensitivity, which supports the previous study on how Zen meditation regulates pain, was also found

As part of this study, scientists recruited 17 meditators and 18 non-meditators who in addition had never practiced yoga, experienced chronic pain, neurological or psychological illness. The researchers measured thermal pain sensitivity by applying a heated plate to the calf of participants and followed by scanning the brains of subjects with structural magnetic resonance imaging. According to MRI results, central brain regions that regulate emotion and pain were significantly thicker in meditators compared to non-meditators.

The often painful posture associated with Zen meditation may lead to thicker cortex and lower pain sensitivity, mention the scientists, noting that meditative practices could be helpful in general for pain management, for preventing normal age-related grey matter reductions or potentially for any condition where the grey matter is compromised such as stroke.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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