Mechanisms of white matter changes induced by meditation.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on June 11, 2012

Authors

Yi-Yuan Tang1, Qilin Lu, Ming Fan, Yihong Yang, Michael I Posner

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, Texas Tech Neuroimaging Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA. yiyuan.tang@ttu.edu

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