{"id":60214,"date":"2017-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/10\/impact-of-meditation-on-brain-activity\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T05:00:00","slug":"impact-of-meditation-on-brain-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/10\/impact-of-meditation-on-brain-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of meditation on brain activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Sara Lazar, Ph.D., studies how brain activity and structure change as a result of mindfulness meditation training.<\/p>\n<p>The associate researcher in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor in psychology at Harvard Medical School will present &#8220;Meditation and Neuroplasticity&#8221; on Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. in the Sorrell Center, Room 2018. <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lazar1.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em;line-height:150%\">Sara Lazar, Ph.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>Attendees will learn more about the impact of meditation on brain structure and function; how these changes impact clinical symptoms of anxiety, depression and pain; and how these changes impact normal changes in cognition as we age.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lazar&#8217;s research is to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings and in healthy individuals. 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