Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness.
Frontiers in Psychology January 1, 2021 Ramana V. Vishnubhotla, Rupa Radhakrishnan, Kestas Kveraga et al.
An intensive 8-day Samyama meditation program increased resting-state functional connectivity between the salience network and the default mode network in 13 meditators compared to 4 controls. Increased connectivity within the salience network correlated with improvements in self-reported mindfulness scores. During focused breathing, meditators showed lower intra-network connectivity in specific networks. The findings suggest that Samyama, an intensive silent meditation program, favorably alters brain network connectivity and is associated with enhanced mindfulness.