Intracranial substrates of meditation-induced neuromodulation in the amygdala and hippocampus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 122(6)

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Meditation is an accessible mental practice associated with emotional regulation and well-being. Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a specific subtype of meditative practice, involves focusing one’s attention on thoughts well-being for oneself others. has been proven to be beneficial in variety settings, including therapeutic applications, but the neural activity underlying practices their positive effects are not well understood. It difficult understand contribution deep limbic structures given difficulty studying directly human brain. Here, we leverage unique patient population, epilepsy patients chronically implanted responsive neurostimulation devices that allow chronic, invasive electrophysiology recording investigate physiological correlates LKM amygdala hippocampus novice meditators. We find LKM-associated changes were periodic, aperiodic, features activity. was increase γ (30 55 Hz) power alternation duration β (13 30 oscillatory bursts both hippocampus, two regions mood disorders. These findings reveal nature LKM-induced modulation first-time

Language: Английский

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Associations between psychedelic-related and meditation-related variables: a longitudinal study

Journal of Psychiatric Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Nurturing Kindness in a Complex World: Professor Tina Malti’s Developmental Insights on Socioemotional Development

The Journal of Genetic Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 7

Published: April 9, 2025

Language: Английский

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Dhyana Yoga, the Path of meditative being: Psychotherapeutic insights from the east

Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 108, P. 104483 - 104483

Published: April 16, 2025

Language: Английский

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Intracranial substrates of meditation-induced neuromodulation in amygdala and hippocampus

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 10, 2024

ABSTRACT Meditation is an accessible mental practice associated with emotional regulation and well-being. Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a specific sub-type of meditative practice, involves focusing one’s attention on thoughts well-being for oneself others. has been proven to be beneficial in variety settings, including therapeutical applications, but the neural activity underlying practices their positive effects are not well understood. In particular, it’s difficult understand contribution deep limbic structures given difficulty studying directly human brain. Here, we leverage unique patient population, epilepsy patients chronically implanted responsive neurostimulation device that allow chronic, invasive electrophysiology recording investigate physiological correlates loving-kindness amygdala hippocampus novice meditators. We find LKM-associated changes periodic, aperiodic, features activity. LKM was increase γ (30-55 Hz) power alternation duration β (13-30 oscillatory bursts both hippocampus, two regions mood disorders. These findings reveals nature LKM-induced modulation first-time SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT rare recordings while participants engage demonstrate induces beta results build previous experienced meditators reveal meditation’s potential noninvasive neuromodulation mechanisms

Language: Английский

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Healthcare

Published: Oct. 30, 2024

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