Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness
Lazar, S.W., Kerr, C.E., Wasserman, R.H., Gray, J.R., Greve, D.N., Treadway, M.T., McGarvey, M., Quinn, B.T., Dusek, J.A., Benson, H., Rauch, S.L., Moore, C.I., Fischl, B. (2005) NeuroReport , 16 , 1893-1897
Zusammenfassung
Brain regions associated with attention, interoception and sensory processing were thicker in meditation participants than matched controls, including the prefrontal cortex and right anterior insula.
Schlüsselwörter
meditationcortical thicknessneuroplasticityprefrontal cortexinteroception
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