A meditation training study in which participants learned to meditate over the course of eight weeks found that:
A) cortical thickness was negatively correlated with meditation experience.
B) meditation does not alter the brain.
C) the new meditators showed gray-matter density decreases in several cortical areas.
D) the new meditators showed gray-matter density increases in several cortical areas.

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The new meditators showed gray-matter density increases in several cortical areas. This is supported by the finding that the meditation training led to increases in gray-matter density in the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and hippocampus.

A Meditation Training Study in Which Participants Learned to Meditate