Contemplative Neuroscience Research Programme — Paper 1: The Cave as Laboratory for the Mind
Open MIND July 17, 2026 Shiva Rajavelu
This project archives Paper 1 of the Contemplative Neuroscience Research Programme. The manuscript develops a theoretical and testable framework for examining prolonged contemplative isolation as a convergent multivariable intervention capable of altering neural noise, brain dynamics, and functional dominance—and, as a bounded speculative extension, sensitivity to ordinarily masked biological...