Dynamics of neural recruitment surrounding the spontaneous arising of thoughts in experienced mindfulness practitioners

NeuroImage

Volumn 136, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-196

  Ellamil, Melissa ^a   Fox, Kieran C R ^a   Dixon, Matthew L ^a   Pritchard, Sean ^b   Todd, Rebecca M ^a   Thompson, Evan ^a   Christoff, Kalina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; FMRI; Medial temporal lobe; Neural antecedents; Spontaneous thought

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE OF CEREBELLUM; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MID INSULA; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MINDFULNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CEREBELLUM; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; ROSTRAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; ROSTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TEMPOROPOLAR CORTEX; THINKING; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING;

EID: 84974593915     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.04.034     Document Type: Article

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