Eight regions of the brain are consistently altered in long and short-term meditators. These regions include:

The frontopolar cortex ( also known as the Brodmann's area 10 or the rostrolateral prefrontal cortex)

The sensory cortices and insula

The hippocampus

The anterior cingulate cortex

The mid-cingulate cortex

The orbitofrontal cortex

The superior longitudinal fasciculus

The corpus callosum