This is your mind on meditation: less wandering, more doing

The brains of experienced meditators appear to be fitter, more disciplined and more "on task" than do the brains of those trying out meditation for the first time. And the differences between the two groups are evident not only during meditation, when brain scans detect a pattern of better control over the wandering mind among experienced meditators, but when the mind is allowed to wander freely.

By Melissa Healy/Los Angeles Times/For the Booster Shots Blog

November 22, 2011