Insula Cortex
The highlighted part of the brain is responsible for a range of things such as cravings, pain, the ability to empathize, and social emotions. Other recent research has linked this part of the brain with cigarette addiction, showing that individuals with damage to this part of the brain were able to give up cigarettes instantly. Maybe similar damage would cure shopping addiction?
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Yoga and meditation will increase the power of cortex.
Research has also indicated that meditation retards the natural thinning of the cortex that occurs with advancing age. Ironically, the same effects cannot be achieved by goofing off or by taking a nap. Doctors have found that meditation restores nerve cells much like sleep but without associated grogginess.
That may explain why a growing number of MNCs including Google and Hughes Aircraft are offering meditation classes for their workers. Their EQ soars.
American Justice Dept. upheld Indian Yoga and Meditation.
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