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 (mm3)
(max)
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
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