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Te CEO of our br

Te all-important prerontal cortexor CEOo the brain

is the large area that is located behind the orehead. Te pre-rontal cortex regulates the brains higher, rational, executive

unctions, including the ability to eectively judge, plan, un-

derstand, and decideas well as ethical thinking and behavior,

and sense o sel.

How stress dmges the br

Stress, pressure, atigue, poor diet, alcohol, and drugs damage

neural communications between the brains prerontal cortex

and the rest o the brain. Tat is why an individual under pro-longed stress has a tendency to be more negative, to respond to

daily demands without thinkingand make impulsive, reactive,

shortsighted decisions.

How the rscedet Medtto techquepromotes tot br fuctog

Te ranscendental Meditation (M) technique provides

the experience o restul alertness, which reduces stress and

strengthens communication between the brains prerontal

cortex and dierent areas o the brain. Tis is why individuals

practicing the M technique naturally display stronger execu-

tive unctions, with more purposeul thinking and arsighted

decision-making.

Reserch o the rscedet Medtto progrm

Te National Institutes o Health has provided over $20 mil-

lion to study the benecial eects o the ranscendental Medi-tation program or health, including the prevention and treat-

ment o heart disease, hypertension, and stroke. In addition,

hundreds o other studies on the eects o the M program

or mind, health, behavior, and society have been conducted

at over 200 independent universities and research institutions,

and published in such peer-reviewed scientic journals as Sci-

ence, Scientifc American, the American Journal o Cardiology, and

the American Heart Associations journal, Hypertension.

HEalHy BRain / SMaR DECiSiOnS

Wht ou shoud

kow bout theCEO of our br

EEG reserch shows cresed cohereceof br fuctog betwee the prefrotcortex d the other res of the br durgthe M techque d d ctvt.

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