Sara Lazar How Meditation Changes the Brain

On March 27, 2018, Sara Lazar spoke at the Celebrating Delightful Moments and the Tech Vectors of Happiness event, the official launch of Joyance Partners. She shared the results of recent studies on how meditation changes the brain, showing a capacity for increased levels of empathy and creativity, and decreased levels of stress and depression. Dr. Lazar is an Associate Researcher in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. The focus of her research is to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings and in healthy individuals.