FIGURE 5.

18-months vs. baseline effect of mindfulness training on covariance FC. Covariance matrices and corresponding covariance component bar plots are shown on the left and right of the figure. The information content of the matrix and bar plot displays is identical. At 18 months vs. baseline, all participants, with or without MBSR training, showed increased activity in visual cortex and the DMN with more pronounced VIS-DMN negative covariance (upper matrices in right column). The 18-month change specific to MBSR was less focal and quantitatively modest (lower matrix in right column). In the notation of Eq. 7, the lower right bar plot represents ${\text{Δ}}_{MBSR-noMBSR}{\text{Δ}}^{vist3-1}\text{Ψ}$. Statistical testing of $|{\text{Δ}}_{MBSR-noMBSR}{\text{Δ}}^{vist3-1}\text{Ψ}|$ is illustrated in Figure 7A (p = 0.03).