Effect of SOHAM Meditation on Human Brain: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study.
Author: Kumar U, Guleria A, Kishan SS, Khetrapal CL.
Affiliation:
From the Centre of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Campus, Lucknow, India, (UK, AG, CLK).
Conference/Journal: J Neuroimaging.
Date published: 2013 Jun 17
Other:
Special Notes: doi: 10.1111/jon.12040 , Word Count: 66
The anatomical correlates of long-term meditators involved in practice of "SOHAM" meditation have been studied using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). The VBM analysis indicates significantly higher gray matter density in brain stem, ventral pallidum, and supplementary motor area in the meditators as compared with age-matched nonmeditators. The observed changes in brain structure are compared with other forms of meditation.
Copyright © 2013 by the American Society of Neuroimaging.
PMID: 23773541
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