Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise
PLoS One March 25, 2008 Antoine Lutz, Julie A. Brefczynski-Lewis, Tom Johnstone et al. 942 citations
Recent brain imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have implicated insula and anterior cingulate cortices in the empathic response to another's pain. However, virtually nothing is known about the impact of the voluntary generation of compassion on this network. To investigate these questions we assessed brain activity using fMRI while novice and expert meditation...