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Promising Links between Meditation and Reduced (Brain) Aging: An Attempt to Bridge Some Gaps between the Alleged Fountain of Youth and the Youth of the Field

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, May 2017
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Title
Promising Links between Meditation and Reduced (Brain) Aging: An Attempt to Bridge Some Gaps between the Alleged Fountain of Youth and the Youth of the Field
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, May 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00860
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Authors

Florian Kurth, Nicolas Cherbuin, Eileen Luders

Abstract

Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies has reported a positive impact of meditation on cerebral aging. However, the underlying mechanisms for these seemingly brain-protecting effects are not well-understood. This may be due to the fact, at least partly, that systematic empirical meditation research has emerged only recently as a field of scientific scrutiny. Thus, on the one hand, critical questions remain largely unanswered; and on the other hand, outcomes of existing research require better integration to build a more comprehensive and holistic picture. In this article, we first review theories and mechanisms pertaining to normal (brain) aging, specifically focusing on telomeres, inflammation, stress regulation, and macroscopic brain anatomy. Then, we summarize existing research integrating the developing evidence suggesting that meditation exerts positive effects on (brain) aging, while carefully discussing possible mechanisms through which these effects may be mediated.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 121 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 19%
Researcher 20 16%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 8%
Other 9 7%
Other 25 20%
Unknown 23 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 35 29%
Neuroscience 22 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 4%
Other 15 12%
Unknown 28 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 46. 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 21 January 2024.
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#904,486
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#1,904
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#18,277
of 322,145 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#54
of 606 outputs
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