Larger Hippocampal Dimensions in Meditation Practitioners: Differential Effects in Women and Men

On average, the human hippocampus shows structural differences between meditators and non-meditators as well as between men and women. However, there is a lack of research exploring possible sex effects on hippocampal anatomy in the framework of meditation. Thus, we obtained high-resolution magnetic...

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Main Authors: Eileen eLuders, Paul Matthew Thompson, Florian eKurth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00186/full