Structural changes in socio‐affective networks: Multi‐modal MRI findings in long‐term meditation practitioners
Neuropsychologia August 31, 2017 Haakon Engen, B. Bernhardt, Leon Skottnik et al.
ABSTRACT Our goal was to assess the effects of long‐term mental training in socio‐affective skills on structural brain networks. We studied a group of long‐term meditation practitioners (LTMs) who have focused on cultivating socio‐affective skills using loving‐kindness and compassion meditation for an average of 40k h, comparing these to meditation‐naïve controls. To maximize homogeneity of...