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Increased default mode network connectivity associated with meditation

Jang, Joon Hwan, Jung, Wi Hoon, Kang, Do-Hyung, Byun, Min Soo, Kwon, Soo Jin, Choi, Chi-Hoon, Kwon, Jun Soo·2011·Neuroscience Letters

DOI 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.10.056

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Areas associated with the default mode network (DMN) are substantially similar to those associated with meditation practice. However, no studies on DMN connectivity during resting states have been conducted on meditation practitioners. It was hypothesized that meditators would show heightened functional connectivity in areas of cortical midline activity. Thirty-five meditation practitioners and 33 healthy controls without meditation experience were included in this study. All subjects received 4.68-min resting state functional scanning runs. The posterior cingulate cortex and medial prefrontal cortex were chosen as seed regions for the DMN map. Meditation practitioners demonstrated greater functional connectivity within the DMN in the medial prefrontal cortex area (xyz=339-21) than did controls. These results suggest that the long-term practice of meditation may be associated with functional changes in regions related to internalized attention even when meditation is not being practiced.

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Authors: Jang, J. H., Jung, W. H., Kang, D.-H., Byun, M. S., Kwon, S. J., Choi, C.-H., & Kwon, J. S.
Affiliations: Seoul National University (KR)
National Medical Center (KR)
ORCID: Jang, Joon Hwan
Jung, Wi Hoon
Kang, Do-Hyung
Byun, Min Soo
Choi, Chi-Hoon
Venue: Neuroscience Letters
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2011-01
Volume: 487
Issue: 3
Pages: 358-362
ISSN: 0304-3940 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.10.056
OpenAlex: W1993454323
Cited by: 260
References: 44
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 24
FWCI: 9.70
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Neuroscience Letters (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (R31-2009-000-10089-0)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
Keywords: meditation, default mode network, functional connectivity, resting state, medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, meditation practitioners
MeSH terms: Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Prefrontal Cortex, Meditation, Young Adult

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