研究人员利用功能性核磁共振成像寻找冥想者与非冥想者的大脑差异,发现冥想似能关闭与遐想、焦虑、精神分裂等精神疾病有关联的大脑区域。领导这项研究的耶鲁大学助理教授Judson A.Brewer说,冥想能应用于不同的健康问题,如戒烟、应对癌症,甚至是银屑病,他们用fMRI扫描 Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, researchers looked for brain differences between meditators and non-meditators and found that meditation seemed to shut down the brain areas associated with mental illness such as reverie, anxiety and schizophrenia. Judson A. Brewer, an assistant professor at Yale who led the study, said meditation can be applied to different health issues such as smoking cessation, cancer, and even psoriasis, using fMRI scans