TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of Silence
T2 - Enhanced Microstructural Changes in the Uncinate Fasciculus
AU - Ben-Soussan, Tal Dotan
AU - Marson, Fabio
AU - Piervincenzi, Claudia
AU - Glicksohn, Joseph
AU - De Fano, Antonio
AU - Amenduni, Francesca
AU - Quattrocchi, Carlo C.
AU - Carducci, Filippo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Ben-Soussan, Marson, Piervincenzi, Glicksohn, De Fano, Amenduni, Quattrocchi and Carducci.
PY - 2020/10/8
Y1 - 2020/10/8
N2 - Silence is an important aspect of various meditation practices, but little work has focused specifically on the underlying neurophysiology of silence-related meditative practice, and on how it relates to the self-reported experiences of practitioners. To expand current knowledge regarding the neurophenomenology of silence in meditation, we directly investigated first-person reports of silence-related experiences during the practice of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) and their association with changes in fractional anisotropy (FA). Participants recorded their cognitive, emotional, and physical experiences upon beginning QMT and again after 6 weeks of QMT practice. These reports were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. Findings showed that change between the two time points in self-reported silence-related experiences was negatively correlated with change in attentional effort, and positively correlated with changes in the left uncinate fasciculus. These results expand current knowledge regarding the neuroanatomical correlates of silence-related experiences during meditation.
AB - Silence is an important aspect of various meditation practices, but little work has focused specifically on the underlying neurophysiology of silence-related meditative practice, and on how it relates to the self-reported experiences of practitioners. To expand current knowledge regarding the neurophenomenology of silence in meditation, we directly investigated first-person reports of silence-related experiences during the practice of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) and their association with changes in fractional anisotropy (FA). Participants recorded their cognitive, emotional, and physical experiences upon beginning QMT and again after 6 weeks of QMT practice. These reports were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. Findings showed that change between the two time points in self-reported silence-related experiences was negatively correlated with change in attentional effort, and positively correlated with changes in the left uncinate fasciculus. These results expand current knowledge regarding the neuroanatomical correlates of silence-related experiences during meditation.
KW - DTI
KW - attentional effort
KW - mind-wandering
KW - silence
KW - uncinate fasciculus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094119633&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.543773
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.543773
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C2 - 33132952
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 543773
ER -