Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain
March 25, 2008
by Dian Land
Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the
answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation
affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other
March 26: Coverage of the Lutz et al. paper in PLoS ONE
• UW Madison News: Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain
• Newsweek: The Lotus and the Synapse
• Scientific American: Meditate on This: You Can Learn to Be More
Compassionate
• WebMD: Brain Can Learn Compassion via Meditatio
