Yoga lessons for consciousness research: A paralimbic network balancing brain resource allocation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Lou, Hans C ^a   Joensson, Morten ^a,b   Kringelbach, Morten L ^a,b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cingulate cortex; Consciousness; Orbitofrontal cortex; Paralimbic network; Pleasure; Precuneus; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860494365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00366     Document Type: Article

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