Fluid intelligence and brain functional organization in aging yoga and meditation practitioners

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Gard, Tim ^a,b,c   Taquet, Maxime ^d   Dixit, Rohan ^e   Hölzel, Britta K ^a,f   de Montjoye, Yves Alexandre ^g   Brach, Narayan ^h   Salat, David H ^a,i   Dickerson, Bradford C ^a   Gray, Jeremy R ^j   Lazar, Sara W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e BrainBot Inc   (United States)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aging; Brain network integration; Brain network resilience; Brain network segregation; Fluid intelligence; Graph theory; Mindfulness; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTELLIGENCE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; RESTING STATE NETWORK; YOGA;

EID: 84901296071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00076     Document Type: Article

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