Andrew Huberman· PhD
what we see in these long-term meditators is the prevalence of high amplitude gamma activity that goes on for seconds and minutes.
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what we see in these long-term meditators is the prevalence of high amplitude gamma activity that goes on for seconds and minutes.
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Gamma activity is especially interesting. We see that in meditators uh long-term meditators. Gamma activity has as its um peak frequency roughly 40 hertz. It is seen in a number of contexts. One of them is during what some have called insight.
Long-term mediation allows brain to be more capable of change & more resilient to stress via gamma wave production.