Meditation-specific prefrontal cortical activation during Acem meditation: An fMRI study

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 291-306

  Davanger, Svend ^a   Ellingsen, Øyvind ^b   Holen, Are ^c   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RELAXATION;

EID: 79952058523     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/02.04.22.PMS.111.4.291-306     Document Type: Article

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