Facilitating Meditation with Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: A Sham-Controlled Crossover Study in Long-Term and Novice Meditators
October 21, 2026 Joshua Cain, Micah Alan Johnson, Amirvala Tavakoli et al. preprint
Sustained contemplative practice confers well-documented psychological and physiological benefits, yet the experiential deepening that motivates practitioners can require many hours of practice, and mastery is not assured. Methods that accelerate training would broaden access to these benefits and could also test mechanism: the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), caudate, and anterior insula are...