Magnetoencephalographic alpha band connectivity reveals differential default mode network interactions during focused attention and open monitoring meditation.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience January 1, 2014 Laura Marzetti, Claudia Di Lanzo, Filippo Zappasodi et al.
In expert Theravada Buddhist monks with long-term training, magnetoencephalography revealed that focused attention and open monitoring meditation differently alter the coupling of the posterior cingulate cortex—a key node of the default mode network involved in self-related processing and mind wandering—with other brain regions in the alpha frequency band (8–12 Hz). Focused attention and open monitoring meditation each produced distinct patterns of connectivity between the posterior cingulate cortex and nodes of the default mode network and executive control network.