Differential engagement of anterior cingulate and adjacent medial frontal cortex in adept meditators and non-meditators.
Neuroscience Letters June 21, 2007 Britta K. Hölzel, Ulrich Ott, Hannes Hempel et al.
This study investigated differences in brain activation during meditation between meditators and non-meditators. Fifteen Vipassana meditators (mean practice: 7.9 years, 2h daily) and fifteen non-meditators, matched for sex, age, education, and handedness, participated in a block-design fMRI study that included mindfulness of breathing and mental arithmetic conditions. For the meditation...