“The benefits of mindfulness meditation, increasingly popular in recent years, are supposed to be many: reduced stress and risk for various diseases, improved well-being, a rewired brain. But the experimental bases to support these claims have been few.” That’s changed now that a new study showed that meditation can indeed change our brains and possibly improve our health. From the NYT: How Meditation Changes the Brain and Body. If you disagree with these findings, please do so mindfully.

+ What kind of exercise is most beneficial to your brain? Let’s get some rodents training and find out.