Differences in fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations (fALFF) for the different meditation states
| Region | BA | Voxels | MNI (x,y,z mm) | p value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meditation trait effects | ||||
| HC rsBase > EM rsBase | ||||
| Default Mode Network (DMN) | ||||
| Medial Temporal Gyrus | L 21 | 1302 | –66,–34,–6 | 0.02 |
| Medial Prefrontal Cortex | R 10 | 18 | 6,60,26 | 0.01 |
| Medial Prefrontal Cortex | L 10 | 147 | –2,58,12 | 0.05 |
| Central Executive Network (CEN) | ||||
| Inferior Frontal Gyrus | L 9 | 405 | –34,6,34 | 0.01 |
| Inferior Frontal Gyrus | R 9 | 144 | 54,20,20 | 0.03 |
| Inferior Parietal Lobule | L 40 | 74 | –54,–38,50 | 0.05 |
| Meditation state effects | ||||
| EM Med > EM rsBase | ||||
| Default Mode Network (DMN) | ||||
| No significant differences | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Central Executive Network (CEN) | ||||
| Inferior Frontal Gyrus | R 9 | 115 | 46,18,30 | 0.02 |
| Inferior Frontal Gyrus | L 9 | 82 | –44,10,26 | 0.03 |
| Meditation state-to-trait effects | ||||
| EM rsPost > EM rsBase | ||||
| Default Mode Network (DMN) | ||||
| No significant differences | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Central Executive Network (CEN) | ||||
| Inferior Frontal Gyrus | L 9 | 17 | –46,18,34 | 0.02 |
| Inferior Frontal Gyrus | R 9 | 4 | 50,28,38 | 0.05 |
Brodmann areas (BA), number of voxels and Montreal Neurological Institute coordinates (MNI).
*All statistics are nonparametric (5000 permutations) with height threshold p < 0.05 and cluster-size FDR-corrected p < 0.05.