Research Article
Yoga Meditation Practitioners Exhibit Greater Gray Matter Volume and Fewer Reported Cognitive Failures: Results of a Preliminary Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis
Table 1
Subject demographics and self-report.
| | | YMP () | Controls () | Group differences |
| | No. Female | 6 | 6 | | | Mean age (SD) | 36.4 (11.9) | 35.5 (7.1) | | | Years of education (SD) | 15.5 (2.5) | 15.3 (2.3) | | | Years of yoga (SD) | 9.3 (2.4) | 0 | | | Years of meditation (SD) | 5.6 (4.2) | 0 | |
| | Baseline mood and cognition | | | |
| | BAI | 14.4 (2.5) | 12.5 (1.9) | ns [>0.15] | | CESD | 3.4 (3.8) | 2.6 (3.2) | ns [>0.6] | | PANAS: positive | 35.6 (9.0) | 36.1 (10.3) | ns [>0.9] | | PANAS: negative | 10.4 (0.8) | 10.7 (1.9) | ns [>0.7] | | Cognitive failures (CFQ) | 33.1 (5.7) | 75.4 (12.6) | , |
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