BOLD signal and functional connectivity associated with loving kindness meditation

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-347

  Garrison, Kathleen A ^a   Scheinost, Dustin ^a   Constable, R Todd ^a   Brewer, Judson A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Default mode network; FMRI; Loving kindness; Meditation; Metta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BOLD SIGNAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET;

EID: 84900420827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.219     Document Type: Article

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