Joint Meeting of the 6th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging
出版日期
2007.10.12 - 14
出版地
杭州, 中國 [Hangzhou, China]
資料類型
會議論文=Proceeding Article
使用語言
英文=English
關鍵詞
Biomedical MRI; Brain; Neurophysiology; Buddhist Monks
摘要
Recent neuroimaging studies have shown consistent neural correlates of meditation states and traits. These studies present important implications for understanding core brain systems, also for clinical applications. In our fMRI study, we investigate neural correlates of both concentrative and mindfulness-based meditation forms, in long-term meditators (Buddhist monks). We found selective activation and deactivation patterns associated to these meditation forms, including the involvement of left frontoparietal areas in mindfulness-based meditation. Our findings present important implications for current models of awareness.
