Meditation leads to reduced default mode network activity beyond an active task

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 712-720

  Garrison, Kathleen A ^a   Zeffiro, Thomas A ^b   Scheinost, Dustin ^a   Constable, R Todd ^a   Brewer, Judson A ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neurometrika   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Meditation; Mind wandering; Self related thinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REST;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REST;

EID: 84938748595     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-015-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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