Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation
Psychosomatic Medicine July 1, 2003 Richard J. Davidson, Jon Kabat‐zinn, Jessica R. Schumacher et al. 2,924 citations
An 8-week mindfulness meditation training program for healthy employees increased left-sided anterior brain activation, a pattern linked to positive emotion, and boosted antibody titers after an influenza vaccine compared with a wait-list control group. The magnitude of the brain activation increase predicted the size of the antibody response. These results indicate that a brief meditation intervention can measurably alter brain and immune function.