Research Article
Yoga Meditation Practitioners Exhibit Greater Gray Matter Volume and Fewer Reported Cognitive Failures: Results of a Preliminary Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis
Table 2
VBM analyses of great matter volume differences between yoga meditation practitioners and controls.
| Yogis > controls | | | | TAL | | Cluster size
(mm3)
| (max) | Hemisphere | Lobe | Brain region | Brodmann area | | | |
| R | Frontal | Orbital frontal gyrus | 25/47 | 6 | 18 | −19 | 3176 | 4.37 | L | Frontal | Orbital frontal gyrus | 11/47 | −22 | 12 | −21 | 4280 | 4.14 | L | Frontal | Precentral/middle frontal gyrus | 4/6 | −45 | −11 | 50 | 5448 | 4.22 | L | Limbic | Parahippocampal gyrus/hippocampus | 36 | −34 | −30 | −16 | 4008 | 3.65 | L | Limbic | Insula | | −34 | 15 | 3 | 3096 | 3.43 | L | Temporal | Superior temporal gyrus | 38 | −48 | −6 | −10 | 5016 | 4.50 | R | Occipital | Lingual gyrus | 18/19 | 12 | −82 | −7 | 10968 | 4.56 | L | Cerebellum | Posterior | | −1 | −64 | −28 | 3568 | 4.54 | L | Cerebellum | Anterior | | −30 | −38 | −26 | 4544 | 3.59 |
| Controls > yogis | | | | | | | |
| | | None | | | | | | |
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