October 20, 2026Fedal Saini, Hagar Tal, Ruben Laukkonen et al.
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First-person reports reveal a surprising convergence between symptoms of depersonalisation disorder (DPD) and certain forms of advanced meditation (AM). In both, individuals describe a fading, and even disappearance, of the ordinarily stable sense of being an embodied self. Yet the experiential tone and functional consequences strikingly differ. In DPD this alteration is endured as distressing...
Computational phenomenology has emerged as a powerful framework for investigating advanced meditation states and stages, and meditative development and endpoints. Various models have been proposed to mechanistically explain the diverse experiences associated with these practices, including enhanced well-being, shifts in attentional control, the loosening or 'defabrication' of perceptual...
Neurofeedback (NF) has been proposed as a tool to support and expand access to meditation practice. Despite growing interest, no comprehensive review has examined neurofeedback for meditation-based interventions (NF-MED) across the full spectrum of practices. Here, we conducted a scoping systematic review according to PRISMA guidelines, mapping the NF-MED field across both clinical and...