Mindfulness training induces structural connectome changes in insula networks.

ABSTRACT: Although mindfulness meditation is known to provide a wealth of psychological benefits, the neural mechanisms involved in these effects remain to be well characterized. A central question is whether the observed benefits of mindfulness training derive from specific changes in the structural brain connectome that do not result from alternative forms of experimental intervention. Measures of whole-brain and node-level structural connectome changes induced by mindfulness training were compared with those induced by cognitive and physical fitness training within a large, multi-group intervention protocol (n = 86). Whole-brain analyses examined global graph-theoretical changes in structural network topology. A hypothesis-driven approach was taken to investigate connectivity changes within the i

SUBMITTER: Sharp PB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5962606 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature