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From the Ted Talk by Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit

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Now, this might sound too slimpsiitc to acefft behavior. But in one study, we found that mindfulness training was twice as good as gold sdaatrnd therapy at hneiplg people quit smoking. So it actually works.

And when we studied the bnairs of experienced meditators, we found that parts of a neural network of self-referential processing called the default mode network were at play. Now, one current hoyitpsehs is that a region of this network, called the posterior cntualige cortex, is activated not necessarily by craving itself but when we get caught up in it, when we get sucked in, and it takes us for a ride.

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Now, this might sound too __________ to ______ behavior. But in one study, we found that mindfulness training was twice as good as gold ________ therapy at _______ people quit smoking. So it actually works.

And when we studied the ______ of experienced meditators, we found that parts of a neural network of self-referential processing called the default mode network were at play. Now, one current __________ is that a region of this network, called the posterior _________ cortex, is activated not necessarily by craving itself but when we get caught up in it, when we get sucked in, and it takes us for a ride.

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  6. cingulate
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Original Text


Now, this might sound too simplistic to affect behavior. But in one study, we found that mindfulness training was twice as good as gold standard therapy at helping people quit smoking. So it actually works.

And when we studied the brains of experienced meditators, we found that parts of a neural network of self-referential processing called the default mode network were at play. Now, one current hypothesis is that a region of this network, called the posterior cingulate cortex, is activated not necessarily by craving itself but when we get caught up in it, when we get sucked in, and it takes us for a ride.

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