The beneficial effects of meditation: contribution of the anterior cingulate and locus coeruleus
Abstract During fMRI studies of meditation the cortical salience detecting and executive networks become active during awareness of mind wandering, shifting and sustained attention. The anterior cingulate (AC) is activated during awareness of mind wandering.The AC modulates both the peripheral symp...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00731/full |