Does the workplace damage your brain?
12th Sep 2005, 13:42 GMT
Why This Conference: High stress, long hours, bad diet, and substance abuse are facts of life in the workplace. Recent brain research documents how the business environment can take a terrible toll on the brain of both the executive and employee. And new research on the effects of the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique indicates what can be done to reverse this damage and develop the total potential of the brain.
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