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Neuroplasticity

The brain’s ability to adapt

Our cell phones and computers receive software updates, right? But in order to change the actual hardware, we’d have to get a new phone or a new computer.

Thanks to the work of neuroscientists, especially over the last several decades, we now know that our brains receive continual software updates AND hardware updates. Studies using MRI imaging show actual positive changes in the brain when people engage in regular mindfulness practice.

This short video on neuroplasticity explains the process.