BrainPAD

2 papers3 findings

Human trial1
Humans1

Interventions

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Meditation

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1 study

Meditation decreases BrainPAD in humans.
“Compared to CUOA, OldExpMed exhibited significantly lower/more negative BrainPAD, linked to meditation hours, mental imagery, and prosocialness.”
Humanslong-term practice (> 20 years)
Impact of meditation on brain age derived from multimodal neuroimaging in experts and older adults from a randomized trial
Scientific reports28 Oct 2025

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Effects

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Cognitive function

no changein humans1

1 study

BrainPAD has no effect on cognitive function in humans.
“BrainPAD was not associated with any cognitive variable.”
Humanscognitively-intactbrainn = 206
Your brain doesn't look a day past 70! Cross-sectional associations with brain-predicted age in the cognitively-intact oldest-old
GeroScience11 Dec 2025

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Female sex

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1 study

Female sex decreases BrainPAD in humans (B = -2.9, 95% CI = -4.6, -1.1, p = 0.002).
“Women showed more-delayed brain aging than men (B = -2.9, 95% CI = -4.6, -1.1, p = 0.002).”
Humanscognitively-intactbrainn = 206
Your brain doesn't look a day past 70! Cross-sectional associations with brain-predicted age in the cognitively-intact oldest-old
GeroScience11 Dec 2025

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GeroScience12 Dec

Your brain doesn't look a day past 70! Cross-sectional associations with brain-predicted age in the cognitively-intact oldest-old

Cross-sectional study of 206 peopleBiomarkers

Scientific Reports29 Oct

Impact of meditation on brain age derived from multimodal neuroimaging in experts and older adults from a randomized trial

Randomised trial in peopleInterventions