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| Title |
Larger hippocampal dimensions in meditation practitioners: differential effects in women and men
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00186 |
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| Authors |
Eileen Luders, Paul M. Thompson, Florian Kurth |
| Abstract |
On average, the human hippocampus shows structural differences between meditators and non-meditators as well as between men and women. However, there is a lack of research exploring possible sex effects on hippocampal anatomy in the framework of meditation. Thus, we obtained high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging data from 30 long-term meditation practitioners (15 men/15 women) and 30 well-matched control subjects (15 men/15 women) to assess if hippocampus-specific effects manifest differently in male and female brains. Hippocampal dimensions were enlarged both in male and in female meditators when compared to sex- and age-matched controls. However, meditation effects differed between men and women in magnitude, laterality, and location on the hippocampal surface. Such sex-divergent findings may be due to genetic (innate) or acquired differences between male and female brains in the areas involved in meditation and/or suggest that male and female hippocampi are differently receptive to mindfulness practices. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 14% |
| United States | 4 | 14% |
| France | 2 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 7% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 14 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 25 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 7% |
| Scientists | 1 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 111 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 109 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 14% |
| Researcher | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 11% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Other | 28 | 25% |
| Unknown | 15 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 40 | 36% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 16% |
| Neuroscience | 15 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 10% |
| Unknown | 18 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. 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 25 December 2023.
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