Open monitoring meditation reduces the involvement of brain regions related to memory function
Scientific Reports July 2, 2018 Masahiro Fujino, Yoshiyuki Ueda, H. Mizuhara et al.
Mindfulness meditation consists of focused attention meditation (FAM) and open monitoring meditation (OMM), both of which reduce activation of the default mode network (DMN) and mind-wandering. Although it is known that FAM requires intentional focused attention, the mechanisms of OMM remain largely unknown. To investigate this, we examined striatal functional connectivity in 17 experienced...