ArticleNeural plasticity2018
Mindfulness Meditation Is Related to Long-Lasting Changes in Hippocampal Functional Topology during Resting State: A Magnetoencephalography Study.
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- Impact of Face-to-Face and Online Mindfulness-Based Public Health Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life in Older People: A Comparative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The Impact of Vipassana Meditation on Health and Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence.Cureus · 2025Review
- Physical activity and neuroplasticity in neurodegenerative disorders: a comprehensive review of exercise interventions, cognitive training, and AI applications.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- Effects of web-based mindfulness training on psychological outcomes, attention, and neuroplasticity.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Multimodal Physical Exercise Affects Visuo-Spatial Working Memory: Preliminary Evidence from a Descriptive Study on Tai-Chi Practitioners and Runners.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The Influence of Focused Attention and Open Monitoring Mindfulness Meditation States on True and False Memory.Journal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice · 2023Article
- Perspective on salutogenic approaches to persistent pain with a focus on mindfulness interventions.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Neuropsychological assessment methodology revisited: metatheoretical reflections.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Whole-Brain Propagation Delays in Multiple Sclerosis, a Combined Tractography-Magnetoencephalography Study.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
- Comparison of conventional (face-to-face) and online approach in mindfulness-based chronic disease self-management interventions for older adults.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- A night of sleep deprivation alters brain connectivity and affects specific executive functions.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Topological changes of brain network during mindfulness meditation: an exploratory source level magnetoencephalographic study.AIMS neuroscience · 2022Article
- Effects of Pulsed-Wave Chromotherapy and Guided Relaxation on the Theta-Alpha Oscillation During Arrest Reaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Functional brain network topology across the menstrual cycle is estradiol dependent and correlates with individual well-being.Journal of neuroscience research · 2021Article
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- Flexible brain dynamics underpins complex behaviours as observed in Parkinson's disease.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
It has been suggested that the practice of meditation is associated to neuroplasticity phenomena, reducing age-related brain degeneration and improving cognitive functions. Neuroimaging studies have shown that the brain connectivity changes in meditators. In the present work, we aim to describe the possible long-term effects of meditation on the brain networks. To this aim, we used magnetoencephalography to study functional resting-state brain networks in Vipassana meditators. We observed topological modifications in the brain network in meditators compared to controls. More specifically, in the theta band, the meditators showed statistically significant (
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