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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