fMRI during Transcendental Meditation practice
Mahone, Michelle C.; Travis, Fred; Gevirtz, Richard; Hubbard, David (2018). fMRI during Transcendental Meditation practice. Brain and Cognition, 123, 30–33.
Within-subject fMRI study of 16 long-term TM practitioners reported increased blood flow in executive/attention areas and decreased blood flow in arousal-related areas during TM.
- Year
- 2018
- Journal
- Brain and Cognition
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Section
- Electrophysiological and Electroencephalographic Changes
Findings (1)
During the Practice—Brain Activity
During TM, blood flow was higher in anterior cingulate and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices and lower in the pons and cerebellum.
Transcendental Meditation · State changes within subjects · During TM