Abstract
Previous
researchers have studied meditation practices as a means to understand
consciousness as well as altered states of consciousness. Various
meditation techniques, such as Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Qigong,
have been explored with source localization tools; however, the
concentrative meditation technique has yet to be fully studied in this
manner. The current study demonstrates findings, which outline
differential activation in a self-referential default network during
meditation in participants who espouse themselves as regular
concentrative meditation practitioners, as well as comparisons with a
control group practicing a modified version of the relaxation response.
The results are compared with other putative experimental findings
employing other meditation techniques, and the findings outlined in the
current study are discussed with respect to changes in perceptual
awareness often reported by meditators.
- PMID:
- 21350845
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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