Workers practicing mindfulness showed important biological changes with important implications for health, according to a study recently reported in the journal, Psychosomatic Medicine.
In this controlled and randomized study, conducted by Dr. Richard Davidson, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin, workers at a small biotech company had their blood tested and brains wired and measured before and after an eight-week period of meditation. Once a week for eight weeks those workers volunteering for the study, including scientists, marketing people, lab techs, and managers, would practice meditation for three hours.
Researchers found significant effects on activity in the front left portion of the brain, increases that lasted at least four months after the experiment. Those workers who showed the greatest brain effect also showed a greater ability to increase antibodies in response to getting a flu shot.
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