De-stress science: Dr Travis placing electrodes to detect EEG signals while the subject practises Transcendental Meditation.
PETALING JAYA: Transcendental Meditation has health benefits, including reducing stress and promoting coherent brain functions, says neuroscientist Dr Fred Travis.
He said stress shuts down the prefrontal cortex which is responsible for the attention, planning, organising, impulse control and moral reasoning functions of the brain.
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