Effect of "SOHAM" meditation on the human brain: An fMRI study.
Author: Guleria A, Kumar U, Kishan SS, Khetrapal CL.
Affiliation:
Centre of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Campus, Lucknow, India.
Conference/Journal: Psychiatry Res.
Date published: 2013 Sep 30
Other:
Pages: S0925-4927(13)00184-4 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.06.012 , Word Count: 99
The effect of "SOHAM" meditation has been investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in long-term meditators while they were meditating and not meditating. The results have revealed activation in left middle prefrontal cortex (MPFC) (Brodmann's area, BA 46), left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) (BA 44), left supplementary motor area (SMA) (BA 6) and left precuneus (BA 5) during the meditation period compared to the control period (no-meditation period). The results have been interpreted in terms of regulation of the emotional state, attention and working memory of the meditators.
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KEYWORDS:
Inferior frontal gyrus, Meditation, Prefrontal cortex
PMID: 24090513
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