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)
Hemisphere	Lobe	Brain region	Brodmann area				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