Recent neuroimaging studies have shown consistent neural correlates of meditation states and traits. These studies present important implications for understanding core brain systems, also for clinical applications. In our fMRI study, we investigate neural correlates of both concentrative and mindfulness-based meditation forms, in long-term meditators (Buddhist monks). We found selective activation and deactivation patterns associated to these meditation forms, including the involvement of left frontoparietal areas in mindfulness-based meditation. Our findings present important implications for current models of awareness. © 2007 IEEE.
Neural correlates of mindfulness and concentration in Buddhist monks: An fMRI study / Raffone, Antonino; Manna, A; Perrucci, Gm; Ferretti, A; DEL GRATTA, C; Olivetti, Marta; Romani, Gl. - (2007), pp. 242-244. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2007 Joint Meeting of the 6th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging, NFSI and ICFBI 2007 tenutosi a Hangzhou; China) [10.1109/NFSI-ICFBI.2007.4387740].
Neural correlates of mindfulness and concentration in Buddhist monks: An fMRI study.
RAFFONE, Antonino;OLIVETTI, Marta;
2007
Abstract
Recent neuroimaging studies have shown consistent neural correlates of meditation states and traits. These studies present important implications for understanding core brain systems, also for clinical applications. In our fMRI study, we investigate neural correlates of both concentrative and mindfulness-based meditation forms, in long-term meditators (Buddhist monks). We found selective activation and deactivation patterns associated to these meditation forms, including the involvement of left frontoparietal areas in mindfulness-based meditation. Our findings present important implications for current models of awareness. © 2007 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.