Dynamic Neural Systems Underlying Social-emotional Functions in Older Adults

Open to people ages 60-120

• 60 years of age or older
• English language fluency
• Naive to meditation practices (not actively meditating more than one hour per month and/or meditation practice for less than a year in their entire life-time)
• No MRI contra-indications
• Cognitively healthy (no diagnosis of dementia, stroke, developmental disorders, or major systemic diseases that may impact cognitive function)

• Below 60 years of age
• Not fluent in English
• Active meditator (meditating more than one hour per month and/or meditation practice for more than a year in their entire life-time).
• Presence of a severe psychiatric (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, PTSD), neurological (epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, dementia, multiple sclerosis), or developmental disorder (e.g. autism)
• Systemic disease (e.g. major recent surgeries, cancer)
• Claustrophobia
• Contraindications for MR safety (e.g. metal in body, cochlea implants)