8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction induces brain changes similar to traditional long-term meditation practice – A systematic review

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 108, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-41

  Gotink, Rinske A ^a   Meijboom, Rozanna ^a   Vernooij, Meike W ^a   Smits, Marion ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONNECTOME; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MEDITATION; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; CONNECTOME; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84978288289     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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