The objective of the present study was to investigate whether moderately experienced meditators activate hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex during silent mantra meditation, as has been observed in earlier studies on subjects with several years of practice.

• Language: English
• Target / Subjects: Subjects between 18 and 60 years of age with less than 2 years of meditation practice.
• Author: Maria Engstrom, Johan Pihlsgard, Peter Lundberg, Birgitta Soderfeldt
• Date Published / Reference: DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0706
• Covered Diseases: Bilateral Hippocampus and Parahippocampal Formations