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A Week-Long Meditation Retreat Produced Psychedelic-Like Brain Changes, Study Finds - ScienceAlert

Published by ScienceAlert By Peter Dockrill · 11 August 2026 at 16:04
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A Week-Long Meditation Retreat Produced Psychedelic-Like Brain Changes, Study Finds - ScienceAlert
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It's only reasonable to assume that attending a seven-day meditation retreat would have a calming and restorative effect on a person.

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