The Meditative Mind: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of MRI Studies.
Over the past decade mind and body practices, such as yoga and meditation, have raised interest in different scientific fields; in particular, the physiological mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects observed in meditators have been investigated. Neuroimaging studies have studied the effects o...
| Publicado en: | BioMed Research International Vol. 2015; pp. 1 - 12 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
6/4/2015
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