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Everyone around the water cooler knows that meditation reduces stress. But with the aid of advanced brainscanning technology, researchers are beginning to show that meditation directly affects the function and structure of the brain, changing it in ways that appear to increase attention span, sharpen focus and improve memory...
...Hughes Aircraft?offer meditation classes to their workers. Jeffrey Abramson, CEO of Tower Co., a Washington-based development firm, says 75% of his staff attend free classes in transcendental meditation. Making employees sharper is only one benefit; studies say meditation also improves productivity, in large part by preventing stress-related illness and reducing absenteeism...
...stories,” Kessler explained. “It would be foolish for us not to capture the information.”The study is being funded by a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Farris K. Tuma, the chief of the Traumatic Stress Disorders Research Program there, wrote in an e-mail that the NIMH decided to fund the study because, unlike past studies, it asks a representative sample of survivors about their health and human-services needs.—Staff writer Alex M. McLeese can be reached at amcleese@fas.harvard.edu.by the hurricane...
...following pages, TIME offers a wealth of new discoveries and practical information to guide you in the care and maintenance of your mental faculties. Pay careful attention. Don't get distracted. But don't stress too much either; relaxation is a balm for the overtaxed brain...
...combination of ginkgo, phosphatidylserine (a molecule essential to the health of neural-cell membranes) and omega-3 fats (found in fish oils). But Khalsa emphasizes that nine-tenths of the mental boost people seek can be had by eating well, staying mentally and physically active and keeping stress...