Ruben Laukkonen

This study shows that deeper meditation increases the functional signal-to-noise ratio of the brain by improving sensory signal clarity and reducing background noise.

This study examines whether critical brain dynamics correlate with effortless awareness during meditation, finding that subjective effortlessness is linked to increased long-range temporal correlations, particularly in meditators.

This study compares the phenomenology of insight across psychedelic experiences and other contexts, finding that psychedelic insights are more intense, meaningful, and impactful on belief change than laboratory or everyday insights.

The paper proposes a theoretical model linking brain dynamics to physics concepts using a two-fluid framework to explain conscious-state stability and transitions.

The paper uses whole-brain modeling to analyze brain dynamics during advanced meditation states, finding increased functional integration and near-critical dynamics in later states associated with minimal phenomenal experience.