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| Title |
Effects of Long-Term Mindfulness Meditation on Brain's White Matter Microstructure and its Aging
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00254 |
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| Authors |
Davide Laneri, Verena Schuster, Bruno Dietsche, Andreas Jansen, Ulrich Ott, Jens Sommer |
| Abstract |
Although research on the effects of mindfulness meditation (MM) is increasing, still very little has been done to address its influence on the white matter (WM) of the brain. We hypothesized that the practice of MM might affect the WM microstructure adjacent to five brain regions of interest associated with mindfulness. Diffusion tensor imaging was employed on samples of meditators and non-meditators (n = 64) in order to investigate the effects of MM on group difference and aging. Tract-Based Spatial Statistics was used to estimate the fractional anisotrophy of the WM connected to the thalamus, insula, amygdala, hippocampus, and anterior cingulate cortex. The subsequent generalized linear model analysis revealed group differences and a group-by-age interaction in all five selected regions. These data provide preliminary indications that the practice of MM might result in WM connectivity change and might provide evidence on its ability to help diminish age-related WM degeneration in key regions which participate in processes of mindfulness. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 20% |
| Italy | 2 | 10% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Turkey | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 14 | 70% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
| Scientists | 2 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 10% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 167 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 14% |
| Researcher | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Other | 29 | 17% |
| Unknown | 25 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 32% |
| Neuroscience | 33 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 9% |
| Unknown | 35 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 92. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 August 2023.
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