ReviewFrontiers in psychology2017
Promising Links between Meditation and Reduced (Brain) Aging: An Attempt to Bridge Some Gaps between the Alleged Fountain of Youth and the Youth of the Field.
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- Effect of an 18-Month Meditation Training on Telomeres in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the Age-Well Randomized Controlled Trial.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Mind the Metabolic Gap: Bridging Migraine and Alzheimer's disease through Brain Insulin Resistance.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Reduced Age-Related Gray Matter Loss in the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Long-Term Meditators.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The Impact of a Yoga-Based Mindfulness Intervention versus Psycho-Educational Session for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Reduced age-related gray matter loss in the subgenual cingulate cortex in long-term meditators.Brain imaging and behavior · 2021Article
- Neuroplasticity within and between Functional Brain Networks in Mental Training Based on Long-Term Meditation.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Consciousness Beyond Neural Fields: Expanding the Possibilities of What Has Not Yet Happened.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- BrainAGE and regional volumetric analysis of a Buddhist monk: a longitudinal MRI case study.Neurocase · 2020Article
- Expert Opinion: Meditation and Cardiovascular Health: What is the Link?European cardiology · 2019Review
- Mental stress as consequence and cause of vision loss: the dawn of psychosomatic ophthalmology for preventive and personalized medicine.The EPMA journal · 2018Review
- Neuroinflammation, Early-Life Adversity, and Brain Development.Harvard review of psychiatryReview
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Abstract
Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies has reported a positive impact of meditation on cerebral aging. However, the underlying mechanisms for these seemingly brain-protecting effects are not well-understood. This may be due to the fact, at least partly, that systematic empirical meditation research has emerged only recently as a field of scientific scrutiny. Thus, on the one hand, critical questions remain largely unanswered; and on the other hand, outcomes of existing research require better integration to build a more comprehensive and holistic picture. In this article, we first review theories and mechanisms pertaining to normal (brain) aging, specifically focusing on telomeres, inflammation, stress regulation, and macroscopic brain anatomy. Then, we summarize existing research integrating the developing evidence suggesting that meditation exerts positive effects on (brain) aging, while carefully discussing possible mechanisms through which these effects may be mediated.
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