Adaptive neural reward processing during anticipation and receipt of monetary rewards in mindfulness meditators

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 752-759

  Kirk, Ulrich ^a   Brown, Kirk Warren ^b   Downar, Jonathan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity analysis; Dorsal striatum; fMRI; Insular cortex; Mindfulness; Reward processing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MOTIVATION; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964698973     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu112     Document Type: Article

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