How does meditation affect the volume of cerebral gray matter? Cite a research study in your answer
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Pagnoni and Cekic (2007) used magnetic resonance imaging on experienced Zen meditators (more than 3 years of daily practice) and found that their cerebral gray matter volume did not show the normal negative correlation to age (an age-related decline) that the matched control subjects showed. They noted that "the effect of meditation on gray matter volume was most prominent in the putamen, a structure strongly implicated in attentional processing. These findings suggest that the regular practice of meditation may have neuroprotective effects and reduce cognitive decline associated with normal aging" (p. 1623).
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