Yin zuzzurfan tunani da tasirinsa akan jiki da kwakwalwa suna ƙara zuwa hankalin masana kimiyya. Alal misali, an riga an sami sakamakon bincike kan yadda tunani ke shafar tsarin tsufa na jiki ko kuma yadda yake taimakawa wajen magance damuwa.
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, tunani mai zurfi ya zama sananne, wanda, bisa ga masu bin sa, yana kawo sakamako mai kyau: yana rage damuwa, yana rage haɗarin cututtuka daban-daban, sake sake tunani da inganta jin dadi. Amma har yanzu akwai ƙaramin shaida ga waɗannan sakamakon, gami da bayanan gwaji. Magoya bayan wannan bimbini suna ba da ƙaramin adadin misalan marasa wakilci (kamar sufaye mabiya addinin Buddha waɗanda suke yin zuzzurfan tunani na tsawon sa'o'i yau da kullun) ko kuma karatun da ba a ba da izini ba kuma ba su haɗa da ƙungiyoyin sarrafawa ba.
Koyaya, binciken da aka buga kwanan nan a cikin mujallar Halittu Ilimin halin tababbu, Yana ba da tushen kimiyya don gaskiyar cewa tunani mai zurfi yana canza yadda kwakwalwa ke aiki a cikin mutane na yau da kullum kuma yana da damar inganta lafiyar su.
Don aiwatar da tunani mai zurfi yana buƙatar samun yanayin "buɗewa da karɓa, sanin rashin fahimta game da wanzuwar mutum a halin yanzu," in ji J. David Creswell, farfesa a fannin ilimin halin dan Adam kuma darekta na Health da kuma Human Performance Dakin gwaje-gwaje tare da Carnegie Mellon Jami'ar, wanda ya jagoranci wannan bincike.
Ɗaya daga cikin ƙalubalen bincike na tunani shine matsalar placebo (kamar yadda Wikipedia ya bayyana, placebo wani abu ne wanda ba shi da alamun warkarwa, ana amfani da shi azaman magani, tasirin warkewa wanda ke da alaƙa da imanin mara lafiya game da ingancin maganin.). A cikin irin waɗannan karatun, wasu mahalarta suna karɓar magani kuma wasu suna karɓar placebo: a wannan yanayin, sun yi imanin cewa suna karɓar magani iri ɗaya kamar rukunin farko. Amma mutane yawanci suna iya fahimtar ko suna yin bimbini ko a'a. Dokta Creswell, tare da goyon bayan masana kimiyya daga wasu jami'o'i da dama, ya yi nasara wajen haifar da tunanin tunanin tunani.
Da farko, an zaɓi maza da mata 35 marasa aikin yi don binciken, waɗanda ke neman aiki kuma suna fuskantar matsananciyar damuwa. Sun yi gwajin jini kuma sun yi gwajin kwakwalwa. Sa'an nan kuma rabin batutuwa sun sami koyarwa na yau da kullum a cikin tunani mai zurfi; Sauran sun yi wani aikin tunani na tunani wanda ke mayar da hankali kan shakatawa da damuwa daga damuwa da damuwa (misali, an umarce su da yin motsa jiki). Ƙungiyar masu bimbini dole ne su kula sosai ga abubuwan jin daɗin jiki, gami da waɗanda ba su da daɗi. An ba wa rukunin shakatawa damar sadarwa da juna tare da yin watsi da jin daɗin jiki yayin da shugabansu ya yi dariya da raha.
Bayan kwanaki uku, duk mahalarta sun gaya wa masu binciken cewa sun sami wartsakewa da sauƙi don magance matsalar rashin aikin yi. Duk da haka, binciken kwakwalwa na batutuwa ya nuna canje-canje kawai a cikin waɗanda suka yi tunani a hankali. An sami ƙarin aiki a cikin sassan kwakwalwa waɗanda ke aiwatar da martanin damuwa da sauran wuraren da ke da alaƙa da maida hankali da kwanciyar hankali. Bugu da ƙari, ko da watanni hudu bayan haka, waɗanda ke cikin ƙungiyar tunani na tunani suna da ƙananan matakan alamar rashin lafiya na kumburi a cikin jininsu fiye da wadanda ke cikin rukunin shakatawa, kodayake kawai 'yan kaɗan sun ci gaba da yin tunani.
Dokta Creswell da abokan aiki sun yi imanin cewa canje-canje a cikin kwakwalwa sun taimaka wajen rage yawan kumburi, ko da yake yadda ba a sani ba. Har ila yau, ba a sani ba idan kwanaki uku na ci gaba da bimbini ya zama dole don samun sakamakon da ake so: "Har yanzu ba mu da wani ra'ayi game da madaidaicin kashi," in ji Dokta Creswell.