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ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:34 PM Oct 2013

Results of Pilot Study Published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Reveal that Meditation Improves Cognition in those with Memory Loss (Journal of Alzheimers Disease - 2010)

The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation today announced data demonstrating that a specific meditation performed daily for eight weeks increased brain activity in areas central to memory and actually improved cognition in patients suffering from memory problems. The results of the study, conducted at the University of Pennsylvania, were published in an early online version of an article scheduled to appear in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease(i) (Volume 20:2, April 2010).
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Results of Pilot Study Published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Original Post) ellenrr Oct 2013 OP
wonder what happens mzteris Oct 2013 #1

mzteris

(16,232 posts)
1. wonder what happens
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 10:46 AM
Oct 2013

when they combine the two.

Not doing both at the same time. But the both exercises for a group. I'd love to see the results of testing for that.

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