Correlates of Silence: Enhanced Microstructural Changes in the Uncinate Fasciculus.
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2020 Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan, Fabio Marson, Claudia Piervincenzi et al. 12 citations
Silence-related experiences during meditation are linked to changes in brain structure and reduced attentional effort. In a study of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT), participants who reported increased silence-related experiences after six weeks of practice also showed decreased attentional effort and increased fractional anisotropy in the left uncinate fasciculus, a white-matter tract. The findings suggest that silence in meditation involves specific neuroanatomical changes and may reduce the cognitive effort required to maintain attention.