Changing Your Mind with Mindfulness Meditation, Part 2
Posted on April 18, 2025
Neuronal Plasticity, Mindfulness Meditation, and Addiction Recovery
by Nicholas A. Nelson, Ph.D.
Part 2 of 2
In Part 1, we visited the motivations for leveraging mindfulness as a tool for overcoming problematic addictive behaviors. We discussed the concept of neuroplasticity and took a theoretical look at how mindfulness meditation can aid in reshaping our brain and behavior during addiction recovery.
In Part 2 we’ll take a look at a few specific scientific studies that have put these theories to the test, then wrap up with a discussion of what mindfulness meditation can feel like in practice. Let’s dive in.
The Frontal Lobe
Because the neuroscience of addiction and neuroscience of meditation are rather complex and relatively new topics, they are still undergoing rapid...
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