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