Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Hippocampal-somatomotor coactivation and perceived benefit following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life in healthcare students: An exploratory randomized study

This study examines if MBCT-L affects hippocampal-somatomotor coactivation in healthcare students, finding no significant group-time interaction but associations between coactivity and perceived benefits.

Meditation Depth Enhances the Functional Signal-to-Noise Ratio of the Brain

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.

EEG Oscillations in Guided Mindfulness versus Mind-Wandering in Young Adults: Effects of Auditory Task Instruction and Naturalistic Video

This study compares EEG oscillations during guided mindfulness and mind-wandering in young adults, finding increased alpha power during mindfulness and effects of auditory instructions on theta amplitude.

Longitudinal Characterization of a Novel Class of Recurrent, Stereotyped Neurophysiological Events in an Advanced Meditator

The paper reports recurrent, stereotyped EEG patterns in an advanced meditator over 13 months, showing consistent neurophysiological dynamics across sessions.

Nondual mindfulness meditation alters self representation and brain connectome in expert meditators

This study examines how nondual meditation affects self-representation and brain connectivity in expert meditators compared to novices.

Electroencephalogram recordings in Jhana states: An open dataset

The paper releases an open dataset of EEG and physiological recordings from expert Jhana meditators to study altered states of consciousness.

The Neurodynamic Core of Meditation: Dissociating Meditation from Rest and Task in a Reliability-based EEG study

This study identifies a reproducible neurodynamic core of meditation in experienced meditators using EEG, distinguishing it from rest and task states with reliable and consistent features.

Stress Recovery Through Mindful Breathing: Convergent NeuralSignatures in Around-Ear and Scalp EEG

This study shows that mindful breathing reduces stress through context-dependent neural changes detected by scalp and around-ear EEG, with around-ear EEG providing reliable results.

Not all mantra meditations are equal: Emergence of divergent alpha oscillatory dynamics across mantras

This study compares two mantra meditation practices, finding distinct alpha oscillatory dynamics and suggesting different neural and psychological effects.

Brief online mindfulness meditation training modulates heart rate variability during post-stress meditation

A brief online mindfulness meditation program increases heart rate variability during post-stress meditation compared to an active health-management control group.

The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Burnout in Clinical Genetic Counselors: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial

This study tests mindfulness meditation's effect on burnout in genetic counselors, finding it reduces burnout compared to a passive control but not an active meditation control.

Meditation as a Bioactive Intervention: Molecular and Neurophysiological Mechanisms Revealed by Connectivity Mapping

This study uses connectivity mapping to show meditation shares molecular signatures with drugs targeting neuroactive pathways, suggesting it modulates brain excitation-inhibition balance.

Analytical meditation improves physiological well-being in expert practitioners: a study on central and peripheral neurophysiological correlates

This study examines the neurophysiological effects of analytical meditation in expert practitioners, finding changes in autonomic and cortical activity associated with relaxed-vigilance.

The neuroscience of highly stable, positive, and refined states of consciousness during jhana-type advanced concentration absorption meditation (ACAM-J)

This study uses fMRI to analyze neural changes during jhana-type meditation, finding reproducible brain patterns linked to attentional stability and reduced suffering.

Self-compassion is linked to positive affect and buffers declines in self-esteem in low performers

The paper examines how self-compassion affects positive affect and self-esteem, finding it buffers declines in self-esteem for low performers and predicts higher positive affect.

Neuroelectrophysiological correlates of extended cessation of consciousness in advanced meditators: A multimodal EEG and MEG study

This study examines the neuroelectrophysiological correlates of extended cessation (EC) in meditators using EEG and MEG, finding increased high-frequency global coherence during EC compared to other unconscious states.

Neuroplasticity of directed connectivity in long-term meditation: Evidence from EEG Granger causality

This study uses EEG Granger causality to show that long-term meditation increases directed connectivity from posterior to frontal regions and between hemispheres, involving theta, alpha, and beta bands.

Similar States, Different Paths: Neurodynamics of diverse meditation techniques

The paper analyzes EEG data from meditators and controls to identify neurodynamic features distinguishing meditation techniques from non-meditative states, finding shared yet distinct signatures across traditions.

Attrition Rates in Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain: A Meta-Analysis

This meta-analysis examines attrition rates in mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain and identifies factors like completion thresholds, delivery method, and session format that influence participant withdrawal.

Differential Effects of Meditation States and Traits on the Neural Mechanisms of Pain Processing

This study examines how different meditation states and traits affect neural mechanisms of pain processing, finding state- and trait-dependent changes in cognitive/affective pain mechanisms.

Non-duality in brain and experience of advanced meditators - Key role for Intrinsic Neural Timescales

This study examines non-duality in advanced meditators using EEG-based intrinsic neural timescales and psychological scales, finding that advanced meditators show reduced distinction between internal and external attention.

Time-to-onset and temporal dynamics of EEG during breath-watching meditation

This study examines the time-to-onset and temporal dynamics of EEG changes during breath-watching meditation across three groups, finding significant differences in power changes between groups.

Cortical Changes Associated with Isha Kriya Meditation Revealed by Encephalography in Novice and Experienced Meditators - a Longitudinal Pilot Study

This pilot study examines changes in EEG patterns of Isha Kriya meditation practitioners over 6 weeks, finding differences in alpha, theta, and gamma power between novices and experienced meditators.

Neural differences in conflict monitoring and stimulus expectancy processes in experienced meditators are likely driven by enhanced attention

This study examines neural differences in conflict monitoring and attention between meditators and non-meditators using ERP measurements, finding enhanced N2 responses in meditators during hard Nogo trials.

High-precision neurofeedback-guided meditation training optimises real-world self-guided meditation practice for well-being

This study shows that high-precision neurofeedback-guided meditation training improves disengagement from mental activity and enhances emotional well-being in novice meditators.

Mindfulness training impacts brain network dynamics linked to stress response in young adolescents.

This study shows that mindfulness training changes brain network dynamics related to stress response in adolescents, reducing psychological distress through altered default network activity.

The Balanced Mind and its Intrinsic Neural Timescales in Advanced Meditators

This study investigates the neural correlates of equanimity in advanced meditators using EEG data and finds shorter intrinsic neural timescales correlate with higher equanimity.

Augmenting complex and dynamic performance through mindfulness-based cognitive training: an investigation of on-task EEG dynamics.

This study examines EEG dynamics during a complex cognitive task after mindfulness-based training, finding no direct link between adherence and specific EEG metrics like alpha power or theta power.

Experienced meditators show greater forward travelling cortical alpha wave strengths

This study finds that experienced meditators have stronger forward traveling cortical alpha waves and weaker backward traveling alpha waves compared to non-meditators during rest and a cognitive task.

Neural correlates of pure presence

The paper investigates the neural correlates of pure presence (PP) in meditators using hdEEG, finding reduced gamma power and delta power compared to other states, aligning with Integrated Information Theory predictions.