Research Article
Yoga Meditation Practitioners Exhibit Greater Gray Matter Volume and Fewer Reported Cognitive Failures: Results of a Preliminary Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis
Table 4
Regions within VBM group differences maskwhereYMP experience (years) is positively correlated with gray matter volume.
| Hemisphere | Lobe | Brain region | Brodmann area | MNI | Cluster size (mm3) |
Z (max) | | | | |
| R | Frontal | Rectal gyrus | 11 | 9 | 21 | −23 | 1688 | 3.86 | 0.78 | L | Frontal | Precentral/middle frontal gyrus | 4/6 | −44 | −10 | 54 | 2976 | 4.18 | 0.82 | L | Frontal | Orbital frontal gyrus | 47 | −23 | 20 | −24 | 2520 | 4.05 | 0.81 | L | Limbic | Parahippocampal gyrus | 35 | −23 | −21 | −20 | 200 | 3.54 | 0.74 | L | Limbic | Fusiform/parahippocampal gyrus | 20/36 | −36 | −28 | −21 | 352 | 3.14 | 0.66 | L | Temporal | Superior temporal gyrus | 21/38 | −50 | −7 | −12 | 3088 | 4.68 | 0.86 | R | Occipital | Lingual gyrus | 18 | 14 | −84 | −14 | 5352 | 3.78 | 0.77 | L | Cerebellum | Inferior semilunar lobule | | −3 | −61 | −39 | 2008 | 3.86 | 0.78 | L | Cerebellum | Cerebellar tonsil | | −30 | −37 | −33 | 536 | 2.92 | 0.62 |
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