Reductions in perceived stress following Transcendental Meditation practice are associated with increased brain regional connectivity at rest.
Brain and Cognition January 13, 2020 Giulia Avvenuti, Andrea Leo, Luca Cecchetti et al.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is defined as a mental process of transcending using a silent mantra. Previous work showed that relatively brief period of TM practice leads to decreases in stress and anxiety. However, whether these changes are subserved by specific morpho-functional brain modifications (as observed in other meditation techniques) is still unclear. Using a longitudinal design, we...