Larger whole brain grey matter associated with long-term Sahaja Yoga Meditation: A detailed area by area comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our previous study showed that long-term practitioners of Sahaja Yoga Meditation (SYM) had around 7% larger grey matter volume (GMV) in the whole brain compared with healthy controls; however, when testing individual regions, only 5 small brain areas were statistically different between groups. Under the hypothesis that those results were statistically conservative, with the same dataset, we investigated in more detail the regional differences in GMV associated with the practice of SYM, with a different statistical approach.

Design

Twenty-three experienced practitioners of SYM and 23 healthy non-meditators matched on age, sex and education level, were scanned using structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Their GMV were extracted and compared using Voxel-Based

SUBMITTER: Hernandez SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7769288 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature