Short-term meditation increases blood flow in anterior cingulate cortex and insula.

Yiyuan Tang; Qilin Lu; Hongbo Feng; Rongxiang Tang; Michael I. Posner

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00212

Short-term meditation increases blood flow in anterior cingulate cortex and insula.

Yiyuan Tang, Qilin Lu, Hongbo Feng, Rongxiang Tang, Michael I. Posner

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Abstract

Asymmetry in frontal electrical activity has been reported to be associated with positive mood. One form of mindfulness meditation, integrative body-mind training (IBMT) improves positive mood and neuroplasticity. The purpose of this study is to determine whether short-term IBMT improves mood and induces frontal asymmetry. This study showed that 5-days (30-min per day) IBMT significantly enhanced cerebral blood flow (CBF) in subgenual/adjacent ventral anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), medial prefrontal cortex and insula. The results showed that both IBMT and relaxation training increased left laterality of CBF, but only IBMT improved CBF in left ACC and insula, critical brain areas in self-regulation.

Original language	English
Article number	212
Pages (from-to)	212
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	6
Issue number	FEB
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00212
State	Published - 2015

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Anterior cingulate cortex
Cerebral blood flow
Frontal asymmetry
Integrative body-mind training
Positive mood

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