Yoga Meditation Practitioners Exhibit Greater Gray Matter Volume and Fewer Reported Cognitive Failures: Results of a Preliminary Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis

Table 3

Regions within VBM group differences maskwherecognitive failures is negatively correlated with gray matter volume.

Hemisphere	Lobe	Brain region	Brodmann area	MNI			Cluster size; (mm^3)	𝑍 (max)	𝑅^2
				𝑋	𝑌	𝑍
R	Frontal	Orbital frontal gyrus	47	20	15	−26	192	2.88	0.61
L	Frontal	Orbital frontal gyrus	47	−27	15	−23	912	3.86	0.78
L	Parietal	Postcentral/precentral/middle frontal gyrus	3/4/6	−51	−16	52	1952	4.3	0.83
L	Frontal	Precentral gyrus	44	−44	12	6	280	2.93	0.62
L	Temporal	Superior temporal gyrus	38	−50	9	−15	2216	4.73	0.86
L	Limbic	Insula	13	−36	9	3	344	2.98	0.63
R	Limbic	Uncus	20	33	−16	−24	352	2.93	0.62
R	Occipital	Lingual gyrus	18	20	−78	−8	7944	4.73	0.86
L	Cerebellum	Inferior semilunar lobule		−5	−70	−39	2560	3.85	0.78
L	Cerebellum	Tuber		−42	−58	−29	1816	3.54	0.86
L	Cerebellum	Inferior semi-lunar lobule		−39	−69	−44	776	3.11	0.67