Positive Psychological Changes From Meditation Training Linked to Cellular Health
The University of California, Davis, issued the following news releaseabout a study appearing in * Psychoneuroendocrinology*:Positive psychological changes from meditation training linked tocellular health.Positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training areassociated with greater telomerase activity, according to researchers atthe University of California, Davis, and the University of California,San Francisco.The study is the first to link positive well-being to higher telomerase,an enzyme important for the long-term health of cells in the body.The effect appears to be attributable to psychological changes thatincrease a person's ability to cope with stress and maintain feelings ofwell-being."We have found that meditation promotes positive psychological changes,and that meditators showing the greatest improvement on variouspsychological measures had the highest levels of telomerase," saidClifford Saron, associate research scientist...
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