Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works

By Melinda Wenner, Special to LiveScience

posted: 29 June 2007 09:08 am ET

http://www.livescience.com/health/070629_naming_emotions.html

If you name your emotions, you can tame them, according to new research that suggests why meditation works.

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broke up with boyfriend.
feel like doing something drastic...

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