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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