Studying the precuneus reveals structure-function-affect correlation in long-term meditators

Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2020 Dec 17;15(11):1203-1216. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsaa137.

Aviva Berkovich-Ohana^{1

2}, Edna Furman-Haran³, Rafael Malach¹, Amos Arieli¹, Michal Harel¹, Sharon Gilaie-Dotan^{4

5}

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
² Faculty of Education, The Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
³ Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
⁴ School of Optometry and Vision Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
⁵ UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Brain Sciences, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: MRI; VBM; default mode network (DMN); fMRI; gray matter; mindfulness meditation; positive affect.