Abstract #3094

Short-term mindfulness-based stress reduction training increases tract integrity in right auditory radiation and anterior and posterior commissures

Chang-Le Chen¹, Yao-Chia Shih², Tzung-Kuen Wen³, Shih-Chin Fang⁴, Da-Lun Tang⁵, Si-Chen Lee⁶, and Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng^1,7,8

¹Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ²Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ³Department of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ⁴Department of Neurology, Cardinal Tien Hospital Yonghe Branch, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ⁵Department of Mass Communication, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁶Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁷Institute of Medical Device and Image, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁸Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week mindfulness meditation training which exerts beneficial effects on physical and mental health. Many researches showed that the changes in brain structure were related to mindfulness meditation. However, few studies have investigated the relationships between short-term mindfulness meditation and altered white matter tracts. Therefore, a longitudinal study was designed in this study to identify the effects of 8-week MBSR program on white matter tract integrity. We found that there was significant difference in three white matter tracts, right auditory radiation, anterior commissure and posterior commissure, in the novice practitioners.

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