The neuroanatomy of long-term meditators.
Journal
Current opinion in psychology
ISSN: 2352-2518
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Psychol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101649136
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2019
08 2019
Historique:
received:
31
08
2018
revised:
10
12
2018
accepted:
17
12
2018
pubmed:
11
2
2019
medline:
1
9
2020
entrez:
11
2
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Meditating is an active mental process that has been proposed to lead to structural changes in the brain, especially if occurring repeatedly, regularly, and over longer periods of time. Thus, meditators might present with a distinctive brain anatomy detectable via modern imaging technologies. This article summarizes findings as reported in the imaging literature when comparing long-term meditators with controls. The morphometric analyses applied include global, regional, and local measures, such as voxel-wise or point-wise estimates. Overall, long-term meditators present with larger (rather than smaller) anatomical measures than controls, which may be indicative of actual meditation-induced changes, pre-existing differences in meditators' brains, or a combination of both.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30739005
pii: S2352-250X(18)30144-1
doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.013
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
172-178Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.