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.

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

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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.

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meditationcortical thicknessneuroplasticityprefrontal cortexinteroception

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