Greater widespread functional connectivity of the caudate in older adults who practice kripalu yoga and vipassana meditation than in controls.

Greater widespread functional connectivity of the caudate in older adults who practice kripalu yoga and vipassana meditation than in controls.

There has been a growing interest in understanding how contemplative practices affect brain functional organization. However, most studies have restricted their exploration to predefined networks. Furthermore, scientific comparisons of different contemplative traditions are largely lacking.Here we e...

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Main Authors: Tim eGard, Maxime eTaquet, Rohan eDixit, Britta Karen Hoelzel, Bradford C Dickerson, Sara eLazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Aging
Yoga
fluid intelligence
functional connectivity
Caudate
graph theory
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00137/full

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