A column by scientist Kathy Sykes notes that she has always been cautious about alternative therapies â?? she would rather put her faith in conventional medicine, which has been put through numerous trials and research, and proven to work through rigorous experiments.
She mentions that at the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Richard Davidson has carried out a study where he has seen significant changes in brain activity when people meditated.