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