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increased cortisol, a biological marker of stress, despite the fact that participants
subjectively reported feeling less stressed.
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using various scientic instruments. However, the overall evidence is that these
states are not physiologically unique. Furthermore, although dierent kinds of
meditation may have diverse eects on consciousness (and on the brain), there is no
scientic consensus about what these eects are.
Catherine Wikholm is the co-author, with Dr Miguel Farias, of The Buddha Pill
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