Increased Grey Matter Associated with Long-Term Sahaja Yoga Meditation: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study
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Increased Grey Matter Associated with Long-Term Sahaja Yoga Meditation: A Voxel-Based Morphometry StudyAuthor (s)
Date
2016-03-03Publisher
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HERNÁNDEZ ALONSO, Sergio; SUERO, José; BARRÓS LOSCERTALES, Alfonso Roberto; GONZÁLEZ MORA, José Luis; RUBIA, Katya. Increased Grey Matter Associated with Long-Term Sahaja Yoga Meditation: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. PLOS One (2016), March 3, pp. 1-16Type
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Abstract
Objectives
To investigate regional differences in grey matter volume associated with the practice of
Sahaja Yoga Meditation.
Design
Twenty three experienced practitioners of Sahaja Yoga Meditation and twenty ... [+]
Objectives
To investigate regional differences in grey matter volume associated with the practice of
Sahaja Yoga Meditation.
Design
Twenty three experienced practitioners of Sahaja Yoga Meditation and twenty three non-
meditators matched on age, gender and education level, were scanned using structural
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and their grey matter volume were compared using Voxel-
Based Morphometry.
Results
Grey matter volume was larger in meditators relative to non-meditators across the whole
brain. In addition, grey matter volume was larger in several predominantly right hemispheric
regions: in insula, ventromedial orbitofrontal cortex, inferior temporal and parietal cortices
as well as in left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and left insula. No areas with larger grey mat-
ter volume were found in non-meditators relative to meditators.
Conclusions
The study shows that long-term practice of Sahaja Yoga Meditation is associated with larger
grey matter volume overall, and with regional enlargement in several right hemispheric corti-
cal and subcortical brain regions that are associated with sustained attention, self-control,
compassion and interoceptive perception. The increased grey matter volume in these atten-
tion and self-control mediating regions suggests use-dependent enlargement with regular
practice of this meditation. [-]
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