Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an intensive 8-day Samyama meditation program on the brain functional connectivity using resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI).Methods: Thirteen Samyama program participants (meditators) and 4 controls underwent fMRI brain scans be...

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Autores principales:	Ramana V. Vishnubhotla, Rupa Radhakrishnan, Kestas Kveraga, Rachael Deardorff, Chithra Ram, Dhanashri Pawale, Yu-Chien Wu, Janelle Renschler, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Senthilkumar Sadhasivam
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	meditation Samyama Isha yoga mindfulness fMRI brain networks Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:756fb8a2a13d4205aa1df207497dac042021-11-18T04:49:23ZAdvanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.745344https://doaj.org/article/756fb8a2a13d4205aa1df207497dac042021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.745344/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an intensive 8-day Samyama meditation program on the brain functional connectivity using resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI).Methods: Thirteen Samyama program participants (meditators) and 4 controls underwent fMRI brain scans before and after the 8-day residential meditation program. Subjects underwent fMRI with a blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) contrast at rest and during focused breathing. Changes in network connectivity before and after Samyama program were evaluated. In addition, validated psychological metrics were correlated with changes in functional connectivity.Results: Meditators showed significantly increased network connectivity between the salience network (SN) and default mode network (DMN) after the Samyama program (p < 0.01). Increased connectivity within the SN correlated with an improvement in self-reported mindfulness scores (p < 0.01).Conclusion: Samyama, an intensive silent meditation program, favorably increased the resting-state functional connectivity between the salience and default mode networks. During focused breath watching, meditators had lower intra-network connectivity in specific networks. Furthermore, increased intra-network connectivity correlated with improved self-reported mindfulness after Samyama.Clinical Trials Registration: [https://clinicaltrials.gov], Identifier: [NCT04366544]. Registered on 4/17/2020.Ramana V. VishnubhotlaRupa RadhakrishnanKestas KveragaRachael DeardorffChithra RamDhanashri PawaleYu-Chien WuJanelle RenschlerBalachundhar SubramaniamSenthilkumar SadhasivamFrontiers Media S.A.articlemeditationSamyamaIsha yogamindfulnessfMRIbrain networksPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic	meditation Samyama Isha yoga mindfulness fMRI brain networks Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	meditation Samyama Isha yoga mindfulness fMRI brain networks Psychology BF1-990 Ramana V. Vishnubhotla Rupa Radhakrishnan Kestas Kveraga Rachael Deardorff Chithra Ram Dhanashri Pawale Yu-Chien Wu Janelle Renschler Balachundhar Subramaniam Senthilkumar Sadhasivam Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness
description	Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an intensive 8-day Samyama meditation program on the brain functional connectivity using resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI).Methods: Thirteen Samyama program participants (meditators) and 4 controls underwent fMRI brain scans before and after the 8-day residential meditation program. Subjects underwent fMRI with a blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) contrast at rest and during focused breathing. Changes in network connectivity before and after Samyama program were evaluated. In addition, validated psychological metrics were correlated with changes in functional connectivity.Results: Meditators showed significantly increased network connectivity between the salience network (SN) and default mode network (DMN) after the Samyama program (p < 0.01). Increased connectivity within the SN correlated with an improvement in self-reported mindfulness scores (p < 0.01).Conclusion: Samyama, an intensive silent meditation program, favorably increased the resting-state functional connectivity between the salience and default mode networks. During focused breath watching, meditators had lower intra-network connectivity in specific networks. Furthermore, increased intra-network connectivity correlated with improved self-reported mindfulness after Samyama.Clinical Trials Registration: [https://clinicaltrials.gov], Identifier: [NCT04366544]. Registered on 4/17/2020.
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author	Ramana V. Vishnubhotla Rupa Radhakrishnan Kestas Kveraga Rachael Deardorff Chithra Ram Dhanashri Pawale Yu-Chien Wu Janelle Renschler Balachundhar Subramaniam Senthilkumar Sadhasivam
author_facet	Ramana V. Vishnubhotla Rupa Radhakrishnan Kestas Kveraga Rachael Deardorff Chithra Ram Dhanashri Pawale Yu-Chien Wu Janelle Renschler Balachundhar Subramaniam Senthilkumar Sadhasivam
author_sort	Ramana V. Vishnubhotla
title	Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness
title_short	Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness
title_full	Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness
title_fullStr	Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness
title_full_unstemmed	Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness
title_sort	advanced meditation alters resting-state brain network connectivity correlating with improved mindfulness
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/756fb8a2a13d4205aa1df207497dac04
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Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness

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