BEHAVIORAL, STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS OF MEDITATION

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 我们之前对有经验的冥想者的大脑结构的研究表明，冥想者的几个皮质部位比匹配的对照组更厚。这项研究的目的是比较冥想者和配对的对照组的大脑皮层变化对认知和情绪功能的影响。在冥想组中，厚度和表现如何与冥想体验的数量相关。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Our previous studies of brain structure in experienced meditators indicated that several loci of cortex were thicker in the meditators than matched controls. The goal of this proposal is to compare the effect of these cortical changes on cognitive and emotional functioning between meditators and matched controls. And within the meditation group, how thickness and performance correlates with the amount of meditation experience.