We propose a falsifiable framework in which the benefit of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during contemplative training depends on the practice being performed. Focused attention (FA), open monitoring (OM), and loving-kindness/compassion (LK) engage overlapping networks with potentially different functional emphases. We hypothesize that FA benefits more from a...
Background. Combining mindfulness training with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is feasible and generally well tolerated, but the existing literature has produced feasibility findings rather than mechanistic ones. No trial has contrasted a stimulation montage matched to the network a contemplative practice preferentially engages against a montage matched to a different practice's...