This Is Your Brain on Mindfulness Training

This Is Your Brain on Mindfulness Training
Mindfulness can regulate biological stress responses, giving you a whole new view on life. Mike Powell/Digital Vision/Thinkstock
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Studies have shown that mindfulness training can boost a range of mental and physical health problems, but how it works hasn’t been clear.

Now, researchers have developed a model suggesting that mindfulness influences health via stress reduction pathways. The work, published in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science, describes the biological pathways linking mindfulness training with reduced stress and stress-related disease outcomes.

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