Inter-brain co-activations during mindfulness meditation. Implications for devotional and clinical settings.
Consciousness and Cognition September 22, 2021 Alessio Matiz, Cristiano Crescentini, M. Bergamasco et al.
Mindfulness meditation usually takes place as personal, introspective activity. It is not known if this practice activates the brain differently when done alone or with someone else. Sixteen couples of expert meditators performed mindfulness-oriented meditation (MOM) and instructed mind-wandering (IMW) tasks in two conditions: once sitting in the same room (SR) and once in two different rooms...