Pre-existing brain function predicts subsequent practice of mindfulness and compassion meditation

NeuroImage

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-42

  Mascaro, Jennifer S ^a,b   Rilling, James K ^a,b   Negi, Lobsang Tenzin ^a   Raison, Charles L ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior insula; Compassion; Empathy; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPASSION MEDITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84872279898     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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