Study Finds Correlation Between Meditation and Brain Cortex Folding

Recent research finds a correlation between years of meditation and brain cortex folding.
Study Finds Correlation Between Meditation and Brain Cortex Folding
Recent research finds a correlation between years of meditation and brain cortex folding. Jeff Nenarella/The Epoch Times
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Recent research finds a correlation between years of meditation and brain cortex folding. (Jeff Nenarella/The Epoch Times)
Recent research finds a correlation between years of meditation and brain cortex folding. Jeff Nenarella/The Epoch Times

A new study from the University of California–Los Angeles found that long-term meditators have more gyrification, or folding, of the brain’s cerebral cortex. Gyrification has been found to be associated with intelligence, though a causal relationship has not been found.