“Many philosophical and contemplative traditions teach that 'living in the moment' increases happiness. However, the default mode
of humans appears to be that of mind-wandering, which correlates with
unhappiness, and with activation in a network of brain areas associated with
self-referential processing. We investigated brain activity in experienced
meditators and matched meditation-naive controls as they performed several
different meditations... Our findings demonstrate
differences in the default-mode network that are consistent with decreased mind-wandering (among experienced meditators).
As such, these provide a unique understanding of possible neural mechanisms of
meditation.”
Brewer JA et al. Meditation experience is
associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2011; 108(50): 20254-9.
Podcast of CBC Radio Quirks & Quarks Jan 28, 2012 interview with Dr. Brewer "Your Brain on Meditation": http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2012/01/28/january-28-2012/
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