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Imaging Cerebral and Sub-cerebral Correlates of Meditative States

NCT01262404 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2010-12-17

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Stress

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Emory University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric L Schwartz, PhD · Boston University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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