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
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  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