Science-Based Meditation Tools to Improve Your Brain & Health | Dr. Richard Davidson

We actually have really good data on this that at least for beginning meditators, if you do it for 30 days and you do it just five minutes a day, you will see a significant reduction in symptoms of depression, symptoms of anxiety, and symptoms of stress. We've shown that repeatedly in randomized controlled trials. You'll see an increase on measures of well-being or flourishing, and we can talk about what those actually mean, you can even see just with this amount of practice a reduction in IL-6. IL-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine.

Welcome to the Huberman Lab podcast, where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life. I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. My guest today is Dr. Richie Davidson. Dr.

Ritchie Davidson is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a pioneer in the study of how meditation impacts the brain both during meditations, but also how it changes your brain over time, what we refer to as neuroplasticity. Today we discuss the incredible health and neuroplasticity benefits that come from regular meditation, including very brief meditations of just five minutes per day. Dr. Davidson also dispels many common myths about meditation.

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