A Study of Meditation Effect on The Brain and Emotional Happiness by MiRi Scan
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The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) to measure and compare the cerebral
cortical thickness (CT) at straight gyrus of the frontal lobe in three eligible groups: a) Longterm meditation practitioners, b) Short-term meditation practitioners, and c) Non-meditation
practitioners; 2) to measure and compare physiological changes of neurons in the putamen (the
part of basal ganglia) of all eligible groups by advanced MRI technique, called “Fractional
Anisotropy (FA)”; and 3) to measure and compare the Happiness score (HS) among three
eligible groups. The study was experimental research in nature. The population of the study
comprised 256 healthcare providers in Kasemrad International Hospital by randomized
interviews for those eligible for the study from October to December 2015. The samples of
the study included 30 eligible cases divided into three groups, namely, 10 cases of Long-term
meditation practitioners (LTM), 10 cases of Short-term meditation practitioners (STM),
and 10 cases of Non-meditation practitioners (NM). Tools of data collection were MRI and
questionnaire. Statistics used for analyzing data composted of Percentage, Mean, Standard
Deviation and Pearson correlation.
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