ZEN meditation helps lower sensitivity to pain by thickening a part of the brain that regulates emotion and painful sensations, according to a Montreal study published yesterday.<\/p>\n

University of Montreal researchers compared the grey matter thickness of 17 Zen meditators and 18 non-meditators and found evidence that practising the centuries-old discipline can reinforce a central part of the brain called the anterior cingulate.<\/p>\n

“Through training, Zen meditators appear to thicken certain areas of their cortex and this appears to underlie their lower sensitivity to pain,” lead author Joshua Grant said.<\/p>\n

Building on an earlier study, the researchers measured thermal pain sensitivity by applying a heated plate to the calf of participants.<\/p>\n

This was followed by scanning the brains of subjects with structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).<\/p>\n

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