Meditation leads to reduced default mode network activity beyond an active task
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Meditation has been associated with relatively reduced activity in the default mode network, a brain network implicated in self-related thinking and mind wandering. However, previous imaging studies have typically compared meditation to rest, despite other studies having reported differences in brain activation patterns between meditators and controls at rest. Moreover, rest is associated with a range of brain activation patterns across individuals that has only recently begun to be better characterized. Therefore, in this study we compared meditation to another active cognitive task, both to replicate the findings that meditation is associated with relatively reduced default mode network activity and to extend these findings by testing whether default mode activity was reduced during meditation, beyond the typical reductions observed during effortful tasks. In addition, prior studies had used small groups, whereas in the present study we tested these hypotheses in a larger group. The results indicated that meditation is associated with reduced activations in the default mode network, relative to an active task, for meditators as compared to controls. Regions of the default mode network showing a Group × Task interaction included the posterior cingulate/precuneus and anterior cingulate cortex. These findings replicate and extend prior work indicating that the suppression of default mode processing may represent a central neural process in long-term meditation, and they suggest that meditation leads to relatively reduced default mode processing beyond that observed during another active cognitive task.
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Neuroimaging studies revealed reduced default mode network activation and enhanced default mode network-central executive network connectivity in experienced meditators, suggesting the central executive network negatively regulates the default mode network.
“Neuroimaging studies revealed reduced default mode network (DMN) activation and enhanced DMN-central executive network (CEN) connectivity in experienced meditators, suggesting that CEN negatively regulates the DMN (Bauer et al., 2019; Brewer et al., 2011; Garrison et al., 2015).”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredFunctional connectivity in the DMN is negatively correlated with mindfulness scores of mindful breathing practitioners.
“According to the findings, functional connectivity in the DMN is negatively correlated with that of the salience network (Doll et al., 2015), other brain neural networks (Josipovic et al., 2011), and the mindfulness scores of mindful breathing practitioners (Garrison et al., 2015).”
From Frontal Electroencephalography Asymmetry and Desynchronized Functional Connectivity Associated with Long-Term and Short-Term Breathing Training (2026) · cites this paper as Garrison et al., 2015
The Methods (fMRI protocol) include breath-focused meditation, and the Discussion mentions prior findings of altered DMN functional connectivity in meditators. But the Results report group differences in DMN activity, not a negative correlation between connectivity and mindfulness scores. Searches for mindfulness scores and connectivity correlations found no passage establishing the claimed relationship. (LLM, conf=0.77)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredMeditation attenuates activity of the default mode network (DMN), with dysfunction of the DMN subsystem in the anterior (medial prefrontal cortex) and posterior (cingulate cortex) following a larger number of long-term meditations.
“Furthermore, meditation also attenuates activity of the default mode network (DMN),14 with dysfunction of the DMN subsystem in the anterior (medial prefrontal cortex) and posterior (cingulate cortex) following a larger number of long-term meditations.15 16”
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Beyond the veil of duality—topographic reorganization model of meditation
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The neuroscience of <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> : an fMRI study of acting
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Meditation training modulates brain electric microstates and felt states of awareness
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“…to characterize the activity and connectivity of intrinsic brain networks that contribute to meditation-related differences in cognitive function (Bauer, WhitfieldGabrieli, Diaz, Pasaye, & Barrios, 2019; Brewer et al., 2011; Garrison et al., 2015; Hasenkamp & Barsalou, 2012; Taylor et al., 2013).”
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“In humans, the DMN has been linked to self-referential mental activity involving autobiographical memory recollection (8) and understanding the mental states of others (13, 14), and abnormal DMN activity and connectivity have been reported in many neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer ’s dis…”
BackgroundSpontaneous electrical low-frequency oscillations: a possible role in Hydra and all living systems
Hanson, A. J. (2021) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0763 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
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“Various studies emphasize that long-term meditation can suppress and reduce default mode processing and its related gamma wave power [18, 19, 23-25].”
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Meditation and Endocrine Health and Wellbeing
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“…has been associated with a reduction in activity in certain areas of the DMN, particularly its posterior parietal nodes (i.e., Berkovich-Ohana et al., 2016a; 2016b ; Farb et al., 2007; Fujino et al., 2018; Garrison et al., 2015; Kral et al., 2019; Smigielski et al., 2019; Taylor et al., 2013).”
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“…finding which may be related to meditation's ability to reduce mind wandering by not getting caught up in “ mental chatter ” (Brewer et al., 2011; Brewer, Garrison, & Whitfield-Gabrieli, 2013; Garrison, Scheinost, Constable, & Brewer, 2014; Garrison, Zeffiro, Scheinost, Constable, & Brewer, 2015).”
BackgroundMindfulness, Mechanisms and Meaning: Perspectives From the Cognitive Neuroscience of Addiction
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“, 2012) and self-referential and elaborative processing (Brewer et al., 2011; Garrison et al., 2015), suggesting flexible and adaptive engagement and disengagement of cognitive and emotional neural resources as a function of context-relevant demands.”
BackgroundMcClintock, C. H., Worhunsky, P. D., Balodis, I. M., Sinha, R., Miller, L., & Potenza, M. N. (2019) · Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports · doi:10.1007/s40473-019-00195-0 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
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“publications indicate that OM, like FA, diminishes DMN activity [42, 81], it has also been reported that it results in an increased activation of the precuneus, a DMN hub, in contrast to FA [23, 82].”
BackgroundResultMindfulness-based therapy improves brain functional network reconfiguration efficiency
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“Although we targeted ventral PCC, other areas like the dorsal PCC and precuneus may have also been in the path of the beam, which may have only added to the meditation-like effects that were observed (Garrison et al., 2015).”
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Contemplative neuroscience, self-awareness, and education
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“Brief mindfulness training has been shown to reduce mind wandering [89] and alter connectivity between nodes of the DMN both at rest [38] and while in meditation [90,91].”
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Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity As a Transdiagnostic Biomarker of Cognitive Function
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Meditation-induced effects on whole-brain structural and effective connectivity
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Context Regulation of Mind Wandering in ADHD
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“…interventions, thought to reduce ADHD symptoms (Cairncross & Miller, 2016), were also found to improve context regulation of MW which mediated an improvement in working memory capacity in a population-based sample (Mrazek et al., 2012), and regulation of DMN activity (Garrison et al., 2015).”
BackgroundLong-term Chinese calligraphic handwriting reshapes the posterior cingulate cortex: A VBM study
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Hippocampal circuits underlie improvements in self‐reported anxiety following mindfulness training
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“…(Cooper et al., 2022; Berkovich-Ohana et al., 2013, 2024; Adventure-Heart and Proeve, 2017; Trautwein et al., 2014; Ray et al., 2021; Hasenkamp et al., 2012; Engen et al., 2018; Jao et al., 2016; Manna et al., 2010; Fox et al., 2014, 2016; Garrison et al., 2015; van Lutterveld et al., 2017b).”
Functional connectivity changes in meditators and novices during yoga nidra practice
Fialoke, S., Tripathi, V., Thakral, S., Dhawan, A., Majahan, V., & Garg, R. D. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-63765-7 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
“In prior studies, experienced meditators have shown to have reduced deactivations in DMN during meditation 49,67 and overall modified functional connectivity of DMN nodes 58,59,66,79 highlighting that meditators demonstrate reduced mind wandering episodes during both task paradigms and meditation.”
Antecedents of mystical experience and dread in intensive meditation.
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“Consistent with our hypothesis based on previous evidence [28,29,31], we observed training-related suppression of cortical source-localized DMN activity, with no such changes found in the control group.”
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A neurocognitive model of flow states and the role of cerebellar internal models
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Comparing Neural Correlates of Consciousness: From Psychedelics to Hypnosis and Meditation
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The Black radical imagination: a space of hope and possible futures
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“Meditation contains both volitional and nonvolitional elements and therefore includes activation of both the default mode and cognitive control networks (60, 61).”
BackgroundMeditation and complexity: a review and synthesis of evidence
Atad, D. A., Mediano, P. A. M., Rosas, F. E., & Berkovich‐Ohana, A. (2025) · Neuroscience of Consciousness · doi:10.1093/nc/niaf013 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“…be supported by findings that meditation involves “switching off” neural networks supporting the narrative-self (Farb et al. 2007, Brewer et al. 2011, Garrison et al. 2015, 2015, Berkovich-Ohana et al. 2016), or attenuating networks supporting the embodied self (Dor-Ziderman et al. 2013, 2016).”
McClintock, C. H., Worhunsky, P. D., Xu, J., Balodis, I. M., Sinha, R., Miller, L., & Potenza, M. N. (2019) · Journal of Behavioral Addictions · doi:10.1556/2006.8.2019.71 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
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“From the standpoint of the characteristics of the narrative self and theminimal self, it may be useful to assess the frequency of mind-wandering during the interventions through a Likert scale to distinguish the consciousness between the interventions (Garrison et al., 2014; Garrison et al., 2015).”
BackgroundResultUnderstanding the Nature of Oneness Experience in Meditators Using Collective Intelligence Methods
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“Consistent with this, research in experienced meditators indicates that long-term meditation training may lead to altered resting functional connectivity and reduced activity within the default mode network (Berkovich-Ohana et al., 2014; Brewer et al., 2011; Garrison et al., 2015).”
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“Neuroimaging studies revealed reduced default mode network (DMN) activation and enhanced DMN-central executive network (CEN) connectivity in experienced meditators, suggesting that CEN negatively regulates the DMN (Bauer et al., 2019; Brewer et al., 2011; Garrison et al., 2015).”
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“Other meditations (e.g., transcendental, compassion) were not included, as they involve distinct psychological and neural processes ( Fox et al., 2016; Garrison et al., 2015; Van Dam et al., 2018).”
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“…involved in mind wandering (Mittner et al., 2016; Poerio et al., 2017), while numerous studies have shown mindfulness meditation modulates the DMN (Brewer and Garrison, 2014; Garrison et al., 2015) as well as its connectivity with other neural circuitries (Bremer et al., 2022; Rahrig et al., 2022).”
BackgroundStudying the precuneus reveals structure–function–affect correlation in long-term meditators
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Mantra Meditation Suppression of Default Mode Beyond an Active Task: a Pilot Study
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“In contrast, meditative deactivation of the PCC is associated with enhanced present-centered awareness, reduced mind wandering, Beffortless-doing,^ and improvements in attention and working memory (Brewer et al. 2011; Garrison et al. 2013, 2015; Pagnoni and Cekic 2007).”
Background
- Authors
- Garrison, K. A., Zeffiro, T. A., Scheinost, D., Constable, R. T., & Brewer, J. A.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- Corresponding author
- Brewer, Judson A.
- Venue
- Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
- Published
- 2015-04-23
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 712-720
- ISSN
- 1530-7026 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-135X
- PMC
- PMC4529365
- OpenAlex
- W2093668364
- Cited by
- 295
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 14.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- American Heart Association (14CRP18200010)
- Yale University
- National Institutes of Health (14CRP18200010)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K12 DA00167, K12DA000167, T32DA022975)
- NIH Clinical Center
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R01AT007922)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Keywords
- meditation, default mode network, resting-state brain activity, posterior cingulate cortex, precuneus, anterior cingulate cortex, mind wandering
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Neural Pathways, Neuropsychological Tests, Rest, Meditation
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