Effects of meditation experience on functional connectivity of distributed brain networks

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Hasenkamp, Wendy ^a   Barsalou, Lawrence W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Default mode; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Meditation; Networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859170709     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00038     Document Type: Article

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