AUTHOR=Gard Tim , Taquet Maxime , Dixit Rohan , Hölzel Britta K. , Dickerson Bradford C. , Lazar Sara W. TITLE=Greater widespread functional connectivity of the caudate in older adults who practice kripalu yoga and vipassana meditation than in controls JOURNAL=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience VOLUME=9 YEAR=2015 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00137 DOI=10.3389/fnhum.2015.00137 ISSN=1662-5161 ABSTRACT=
There has been a growing interest in understanding how contemplative practices affect brain functional organization. However, most studies have restricted their exploration to predefined networks. Furthermore, scientific comparisons of different contemplative traditions are largely lacking. Here we explored differences in whole brain resting state functional connectivity between experienced yoga practitioners, experienced meditators, and matched controls. Analyses were repeated in an independent sample of experienced meditators and matched controls. Analyses utilizing Network-Based Statistics (