A Meditation Training Study in Which Participants Learned to Meditate

question 645

Multiple Choice

A meditation training study in which participants learned to meditate over the course of eight weeks found that:

• A) cortical thickness was negatively correlated with meditation experience.
• B) meditation does not alter the brain.
• C) the new meditators showed gray-matter density decreases in several cortical areas.
• D) the new meditators showed gray-matter density increases in several cortical areas.

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Definitions:

Major Organic Product

The primary substance produced with the highest yield in a reaction involving organic compounds.

Organic Reaction

A chemical reaction involving organic compounds, leading to the transformation or creation of new organic molecules.

Pericyclic Reaction

A type of organic reaction that proceeds through a cyclic transition state, involving shifts of electron density through contiguous π bonds.

LUMO

The Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital, which is the lowest-energy molecular orbital that is not occupied by electrons.