Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators
Jacobs TL, Epel ES, Lin J, Blackburn EH, Wolkowitz OM, Bridwell DA, Zanesco AP, Aichele SR, Sahdra BK, MacLean KA, King BG, Shaver PR, Rosenberg EL, Ferrer E, Wallace BA, Saron CD. · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2011
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“Purpose in Life is influenced by meditative practice and directly affects both perceived control and negative emotionality, affecting telomerase activity directly as well as indirectly”
“This is the first study to link meditation and positive psychological change with telomerase activity”
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“Purpose in Life is influenced by meditative practice and directly affects both perceived control and negative emotionality, affecting telomerase activity directly as well as indirectly” · “This is the first study to link meditation and positive psychological change with telomerase activity”
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