Imaging Cerebral and Sub-cerebral Correlates of Meditative States
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 65 |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | January 2010 |
| End Date: | October 2011 |
| Contact: | Terri Sivilli, AB |
| Email: | tsivil@emory.edu |
| Phone: | 404 778 2256 |
Three groups of subjects are trained to practice mindfulness meditation, compassion
meditation, or attend a health training control class. Individuals from each group will
undergo structural and functional brain imaging before and after training. The hypothesis is
that the compassion meditation group will show the largest changes in brain structure and
function. In a second series of experiments, the subjects practicing a Tibetan meditation
practice will be undergo MRI thermometry imaging to construct detailed three dimensional
temperature maps of their bodies before, during, and after they perform this practice.
meditation, or attend a health training control class. Individuals from each group will
undergo structural and functional brain imaging before and after training. The hypothesis is
that the compassion meditation group will show the largest changes in brain structure and
function. In a second series of experiments, the subjects practicing a Tibetan meditation
practice will be undergo MRI thermometry imaging to construct detailed three dimensional
temperature maps of their bodies before, during, and after they perform this practice.
Structural (MRI) Imaging will be used to measure changes in cortical thickness in the pre
and post training groups. Function (fMRI) Imaging will be used to measure changes in
cortical and sub-cortical responses to a series of affectively controlled visual images,
presented during scanning. MRI Thermometry Imaging will be used to construct three
dimensional temperature maps of subjects while performing meditation in the scanner.
and post training groups. Function (fMRI) Imaging will be used to measure changes in
cortical and sub-cortical responses to a series of affectively controlled visual images,
presented during scanning. MRI Thermometry Imaging will be used to construct three
dimensional temperature maps of subjects while performing meditation in the scanner.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-65 for the mindfulness-compassion study
- Prior training in gtummo meditation for the gtummo study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous experience with meditation for the mindfulness-compassion study
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