Regional Brain Activation During Meditation Shows Time and Practice Effects: An Exploratory FMRI Study†
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine December 27, 2007 E. Short, S. Kose, Q. Mu et al.
Meditation involves attentional regulation and may lead to increased activity in brain regions associated with attention such as dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we examined whether DLPFC and ACC were activated during meditation. Subjects who meditate were recruited and scanned on a 3.0 Tesla scanner....