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Any scientific evidence supporting positive effects from listening to binaural beats?
Is there any peer-reviewed scientific evidence supporting positive effects from listening to binaural beats?
Yes, several. Here are two RSS feeds, which will continuously update, with research ...
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If meditating lowers brain activity and low brain activity is good then how come when you see low brain activities in (brain) PET scans its bad?
Lowered brain activity in a PET scan isn't necessarily bad. It depends on what part of the brain is less active than usually and whether this is a permanent or transient state. Our brains are less ...
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What are the effects of routine and daily meditation and physical exercise on pregnancy?
I wasn't able to find a study that looked at both meditation and exercise - besides ones about yoga - but I was able to find many that looked at each separately and seemed to indicate that combining ...
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What is the connection between health, exercise, and meditation?
Apart from the mental benefits of meditation, there is some evidence for organic/physical benefits as well.
Dean Ornish, the well known cardiologist who helped former U.S. President Clinton with his ...
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Why does relaxation/meditaion help when you have cold feet/hands?
It's possibly due to your blood pressure. High blood pressure can cause ineffective blood perfusion which could be the cause of your cold hands and feets. The meditation/relaxing could be lowering ...
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