Cortical thickness, mental absorption and meditative practice: Possible implications for disorders of attention

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-281

  Grant, Joshua A ^a,b,c   Duerden, Emma G ^a,b,c   Courtemanche, Jérôme ^a,b,c   Cherkasova, Mariya ^d   Duncan, Gary H ^a,e   Rainville, Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Attentional absorption; Cortical thickness; Meditation; Mental training; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION ABSORPTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL LOBE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TELLEGEN ABSORPTION SCALE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871479817     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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