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We can change our brain and its ability to cope with disease with simple lifestyle choices

  • Written by Yen Ying Lim, Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
We can change our brain and its ability to cope with disease with simple lifestyle choicesLifestyle factors such as meditation can change our brain for the better. gGuilherme Romano/Unsplash

This is part of our series on Changing the Brain, about what’s happening in our brain in various mental states and how we can change it for the better and worse.


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