Attention can be used to direct neuroplasticity

• Neural activity changes in accordance with mental activity
• Since your brain learns mainly from what you attend to, mindfulness is the doorway to taking in good experiences and making them a part of yourself
• It learns through forming new circuits and strengthening or weakening existing ones. And it selects whatever experience has taught it to value
• Mindfulness leads to new learning—since attention shapes neural circuits—and draws upon past learning to develop a steadier and more concentrated awareness

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References

• Hanson, Rick. (2009). Buddha’s Brain The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom Chapter 1. The Self-Transforming Brain (p. 23). New Harbinger Publications: Oakland, CA.

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