Schoolchildren need an enabling learning environment to realise their potential. However, a new study says that meditation can reduce symptoms of anxiety disorders and improve cognitive performances. PHOTO | FILE
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According to research from a Texas Tech University faculty member, Integrative Body-Mind Training (IBMT) — a meditation programme developed in China in the 1990s — affects two parts of the brain in particular, the anterior cingulate cortex and adjacent medial prefrontal cortex, which play roles in attention and memory on the one hand and decision-making, empathy and emotion on the other
