Zen meditation
Zen meditation has been studied in 1 paper since 2016: 1 observational study in people. The newest paper, Feb 22, 2016: “Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion”.
1 paper studies it1 findingUpdated
“The meditators group had a longer MTL (p = 0.005) and a lower percentage of short telomeres in individual cells (p = 0.007) than those in the comparison group.”
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funders: European Commission and 2 more
- Humans1
What did studies of Zen meditation find?
1Studies of Zen meditation measured 1 outcome; the most studied are median telomere length (1 study).
Median telomere length
upin humans1
1 study
Median telomere length
upin humans1
Zen meditation is linked with higher median telomere length in humans (p = 0.005).
“The meditators group had a longer MTL (p = 0.005) and a lower percentage of short telomeres in individual cells (p = 0.007) than those in the comparison group.”
Humans
Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion
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Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion
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