Greater Cortical Thickness in Elderly Female Yoga Practitioners-A Cross-Sectional Study.
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2017 Rui F. Afonso, Joana B Balardin, Sara W. Lazar et al.
Yoga, a mind-body activity that requires attentional engagement, has been associated with positive changes in brain structure and function, especially in areas related to awareness, attention, executive functions and memory. Normal aging, on the other hand, has also been associated with structural and functional brain changes, but these generally involve decreased cognitive functions. The aim...
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00201 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
MRI
Aging
Cortical thickness
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