Exploring the Embodied Mind: Functional Connectome Fingerprinting of Meditation Expertise.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Short mindfulness-based interventions have gained traction in research due to their positive impact on well-being, cognition, and clinical symptoms across various settings. However, these short-term trainings are viewed as preliminary steps within a more extensive transformative path, presumably leading to long-lasting trait changes. Despite this, little is still known about the brain correlates of these meditation traits.

Methods

To address this gap, we investigated the neural correlates of meditation expertise in long-term Buddhist practitioners, comparing the large-scale brain functional connectivity of 28 expert meditators with 47 matched novices. Our hypothesis posited that meditation expertise would be associated with specific and enduring patterns of functi

SUBMITTER: Czajko S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414651 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature