Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity
Brewer, J.A., Worhunsky, P.D., Gray, J.R., Tang, Y.Y., Weber, J., Kober, H. (2011) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 108(50) , 20254-20259
Abstract
This fMRI study demonstrated that experienced meditators show decreased activity in the default mode network during meditation, suggesting a neural mechanism by which meditation reduces mind-wandering and self-referential processing.
Keywords
meditationdefault mode networkfMRImindfulnessneuroscience
Neuroscience