Enhanced brain connectivity in long-term meditation practitioners

2011/06/13 by Eileen Luders, Eileen Lüders, Kristi Clark +2 · 3 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications #Cartography #Cingulum (brain) #Corticospinal tract #Diffusion MRI #Fiber tract #Fractional anisotropy #Geography #Lateralization of brain function #Magnetic resonance imaging #Medicine #Meditation #Music Therapy and Health #Neuroscience #Psychology #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments #Superior longitudinal fasciculus #Tractography #Uncinate fasciculus #White matter

paper · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.075

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Citations

• The basis of anisotropic water diffusion in the nervous system – a technical review
• Meditation states and traits: EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies.
• Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density
• Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

Cited by

• The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation
• The Unique Brain Anatomy of Meditation Practitioners: Alterations in Cortical Gyrification
• Anapanasati [wikipedia]