Contemplative science is entering a “third wave” that investigates advanced meditative development, including the study of advanced states and practitioners and the phenomenology and neurocognitive correlates of enduring trait transformations (meditative development). This paper argues that these research directions would benefit from the systematic inclusion of adult cognitive-developmental...
Adult developmental theory has the potential to contribute across many fields. This paper, authored by two developmentalists and a neuroscientist studying meditators, argues that developmental models are increasingly needed as contemplative science enters a “third wave” concerned with advanced meditation including highly skilled practitioners, deep meditative states, and enduring...