Study Suggests Buddhist Deity Meditation Temporarily Augments Visuospatial Abilities

Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now evidence that a specific method of meditation may temporarily boost our visuospatial abilities (for example, the ability to retain an image in visual memory for a long time).

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Filed under: Psychology on May 3rd, 2009