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Applying Long-term Potentiation hack to meditation?

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#1 Deartothesun

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Posted 20 July 2015 - 02:16 AM


I recently read an article here: http://journal.front...013.00589/full     ---that was about speeding up the learning process using a short spaced repetition system. According to the study, people were able to learn and remember something in 1 hour what it would normally take months of classroom instruction to learn.


The method was to study intensely for 20 minutes, and then take a break and do something else that didn't rely on the same brain pathways for 10 minutes, and then repeat the process.
Apparently this kick started Long-term Potentiation in the brain and rewired the brain much quicker.





I was wondering if, in theory, the same thing would work for other skills such as meditation. Meditation seems to have many benefits due to the way it rewires the brain over time. It seems ( http://happinessbeyo...n-work-new.html ) that the rewiring of the brain works in the same way as forming memories... (i am obviously not educated on the matter though)

So my question is, could I potentially take advantage of the same process and greatly speed up meditation progress by doing it intensely for 20 minutes, taking a break to immerse myself in a different kind of activity for 10 minutes, and then repeating a few times a day?







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