[appleflaxen]

none of these things are directly important. it's hard to recognize, because they sound very advanced and scientific, but it amounts to how bright a spot is on a brain scan. why is brightness there intrinsically good? well... it's not. I know the authors then project the actual measurements into some kind of hand wavy interpretation about how that affects the individual, but it's just hand waving.

no medication would ever be approved by the FDA using these outcomes, nor should they be (unless the community first establishes that it's a biomaker of some kind).

[jvanderbot]

Fair enough. But isnt their statement (and citation) that exerting emotional control directly correlates with measured increases in a particular region ... exactly what we want to see? If all people exerting emotional control exhibit red ears, and yoga practcioners have less red ears when under stressful focused tasks, it does seem reasonable that less emotional control is required. That logic is sound, right?