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BrainAGE and regional volumetric analysis of a Buddhist monk: a longitudinal MRI case study.
Article in Neurocase, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- BrainAGE, brain health, and mental disorders: A systematic review.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Factors associated with brain ageing - a systematic review.BMC neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of meditation on brain age derived from multimodal neuroimaging in experts and older adults from a randomized trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Meditation Linked to Enhanced MRI Signal Intensity in the Pineal Gland and Reduced Predicted Brain Age.Journal of pineal research · 2025Article
- Using Case Studies fromJournal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Decoding MRI-informed brain age using mutual information.Insights into imaging · 2024Article
- Meditation Experience is Associated with Increased Structural Integrity of the Pineal Gland and greater total Grey Matter maintenance.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- A common factors perspective on mindfulness-based interventions.Nature reviews psychology · 2022Article
- The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- No Detectable Electroencephalographic Activity After Clinical Declaration of Death Among Tibetan Buddhist Meditators in Apparent Tukdam, a Putative Postmortem Meditation State.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Mindfulness and More: Toward a Science of Human Flourishing.Psychosomatic medicineArticle
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Abstract
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (YMR) is a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and renowned meditation practitioner and teacher who has spent an extraordinary number of hours of his life meditating. The brain-aging profile of this expert meditator in comparison to a control population was examined using a machine learning framework, which estimates "brain-age" from brain imaging. YMR's brain-aging rate appeared slower than that of controls suggesting early maturation and delayed aging. At 41 years, his brain resembled that of a 33-year-old. Specific regional changes did not differentiate YMR from controls, suggesting that the brain-aging differences may arise from coordinated changes spread throughout the gray matter.
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