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Effect of SOHAM Meditation on Human Brain: A Voxel‐Based Morphometry Study
Author(s) -
Kumar Uttam,
Guleria Anupam,
Kishan Sadguru Sri Kunal,
Khetrapal C. L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon.12040
Subject(s) - medicine , meditation , voxel based morphometry , voxel , brain morphometry , neuroscience , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , philosophy , theology , white matter , biology
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.