Long-term mindfulness meditation increases occurrence of sensory and attention brain states.

ABSTRACT: Interest has been growing in the use of mindfulness meditation (MM) as a therapeutic practice, as accumulating evidence highlights its potential to effectively address a range of mental conditions. While many fMRI studies focused on neural activation and functional connectivity during meditation, the impact of long-term MM practice on spontaneous brain activity, and on the expression of resting state networks over time, remains unclear. Here, intrinsic functional network dynamics were compared between experienced meditators and meditation-naïve participants during rest. Our analysis revealed that meditators tend to spend more time in two brain states that involve synchrony among cortical regions associated with sensory perception. Conversely, a brain state involving frontal areas associate

SUBMITTER: Panitz DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743700 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature