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Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation for pain is not a placebo

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Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation for pain is not a placebo.

Mindfulness meditation engages separate neural pathways from the well-documented 'placebo effect' University of California San Diego School of Medicine used advanced brain imaging techniques to compare the pain-reducing effects of mindfulness meditation, a placebo cream and a "sham" mindfulness meditation in healthy participants.

This work was funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health .

Co-authors on the study include Gabriel Riegner and Jon Dean at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Tor Wager at Dartmouth College .

"We are excited to continue exploring the neurobiology of mindfulness and how we can leverage this ancient practice in the clinic".

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