Directional brain networks underlying OM chanting.
Asian Journal of Psychiatry October 2018 Naren P. Rao, Gopikrishna Deshpande, Kalyani Bangalore Gangadhar et al.
OM chanting is an ancient technique of Indian meditation. OM chanting is associated with an experience of relaxation, changes in autonomic balance and deactivation of limbic brain regions. While functional localization is important, how brain regions interact with each other has been shown to underlie various brain functions. Therefore, in this study, we tested the hypothesis that there is...
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.08.001 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
Directional connectivity
Functional MRI
Granger causality
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