Neuroimage - The Consciousness Library

Distinct frontal lobe subregions mediate the emergence and reporting of visual consciousness.

Neuroimage July 1, 2026 Yan Zhang, Xiarong Li, Zhenlan Jin et al.

Persistent debate surrounds whether the frontal lobe supports the emergence or reporting of consciousness, raising the hypothesis that distinct frontal subregions may support these processes. We addressed this by combining electroencephalography (EEG) with eye-tracking in Report and No-Report paradigms. Eye-movement features distinguished conscious and unconscious trials in the no-report task....

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121964 Full text Dmn Dan Fpn Frontal lobe +2

Ventral striatum temporal interference brain stimulation enhances the reward-positivity event-related potential and reduces anxiety.

Neuroimage July 1, 2026 Jonathan S Ryan, Timothy J Mcdermott, Boris Botzanowski et al.

Temporal interference (TI) electrical stimulation is a novel neuromodulation method that can target deep brain structures to enhance the impact of behavioral techniques. We tested the feasibility of TI targeting the ventral striatum (VS) during an emotion regulation practice (breath-focused mindfulness meditation). To assess target engagement, we used electroencephalography (EEG) to measure...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122101 Full text Anxiety Deep brain stimulation Electroencephalography Reward +2

Neural symphony of flow experience: Evidence for high-dimensional metastable dynamics

Neuroimage June 11, 2026 Abdelrahman B.M. Eldaly, Kris Zhangguang Kang, Fiona Fui‐Hoon Nah et al.

Flow, an optimal experience characterized by deep immersion and engagement in an activity, has been extensively studied in behavioral research. However, its neural dynamic mechanism remains poorly understood. In a within-subject video gaming experiment, we captured neural activity underlying flow, boredom, and anxiety using a 64-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) system. Compared to boredom and...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122049 Metastability Flow mathematics Neural activity Artificial neural network +6

A complexity-science framework for studying flow: using media to probe brain-phenomenology dynamics.

Neuroimage June 10, 2026 Fran Hancock, Rachael Kee, Fernando E. Rosas et al.

Consciousness spans a range of phenomenological experiences, from effortless immersion to disengaged monotony, yet how such phenomenology emerges from brain activity is not well understood. Flow, a phenomenological experience frequently elicited by interactive media, has drawn attention for its links to performance and wellbeing, but existing neural accounts rely on single-region or...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122050 Full text Complexity science Flow Metastability Neurophenomenology +2

Neuroimaging studies of extra-sensory perception: A systematic and critical review.

Neuroimage June 1, 2026 David J Acunzo, Andrea H Denton, Marina Weiler et al.

Research efforts spanning more than seven decades have used functional neuroimaging to investigate whether putative extra‑sensory perception (ESP/receptive psi) has identifiable neural correlates. However, the field lacks a coherent and critical synthesis of its methodological approaches and reported effects. We conducted a systematic review consolidating 143 reports and qualitatively evaluated...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121937 Full text Anomalous cognition Anomalous experiences Intuition Presentiment +2

Prefrontal tDCS modulates behavioural and neural signatures associated with consciousness.

Neuroimage May 22, 2026

Prefrontal tDCS modulates behavioural and neural signatures associated with consciousness.

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122015

Type 2 diabetes is related to neurochemical alterations in the default mode network: An exploratory cross-sectional magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.

Neuroimage April 22, 2026

Type 2 diabetes is related to neurochemical alterations in the default mode network: An exploratory cross-sectional magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121949

Enhanced default mode network stability in highly superior autobiographical memory.

Neuroimage March 25, 2026

Enhanced default mode network stability in highly superior autobiographical memory.

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121888

The Neurophenomenology of a Self-Induced Transcendental Visionary State: A Case Study.

Neuroimage February 4, 2026 Gabriel A. Della Bella, Agustina Velez Picatto, Dante Sebastián Galván Rial et al.

Non-ordinary states of consciousness (NOC) offer a way to examine how large-scale brain dynamics reorganize as experience changes. We studied a participant able to reliably enter a self-induced NOC state characterized by vivid imagery, altered bodily perception, and a sense of unity. Across 20 fMRI sessions, we measured functional connectivity in four conditions (Baseline, Transition, NOC, and...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121784 Full text N/a

Preserved temporal hierarchy but frequency-specific alterations in dynamical regimes of EEG microstate multimers during reversible unconsciousness.

Neuroimage February 4, 2026 Chun-Yan Wang, Dong-Dong Zhou

Employing a spectral analysis framework based on Chaos Game Representation (CGR), we investigated the multimer-based dynamics of EEG microstates across broadband and canonical frequency bands during reversible unconsciousness (anesthesia and sleep). Robust periodic components consistently emerged within microstate sequences across theta, alpha, beta, and gamma bands, persisting across distinct...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121781 Full text EEG Microstate Anesthesia Biomarker Sleep +1

New evidence and challenges in ERP and MEG correlates of consciousness in vision: A systematized review.

Neuroimage January 29, 2026 Dmitri Filimonov, Mika Koivisto, Antti Revonsuo

The past twenty years of research have revealed two event-related potential (ERP) components to be the most reliably occurring neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) in vision: an early visual awareness negativity (VAN) in the N2 and late positivity (LP) in the P3 time window. Three previous extensive reviews concluded that VAN is a proper visual NCC, which is solely modulated by awareness....

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121762 Full text Conscious perception EEG Erp Late positivity +4

Expertise-related functional connectivity changes in Chinese calligraphy linked to flow experience.

Neuroimage December 15, 2025 Qingyan Kong, Yue Wang, Min Li et al.

Flow is a deeply immersive state that supports optimal performance, yet its neural basis under conditions of real-world expertise remains poorly understood. Using functional MRI, this study investigated how long-term Chinese calligraphy expertise relates to flow in a culturally meaningful setting. Expert and novice participants performed imagined embodied handwriting of Kai-Shu and Cao-Shu,...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121615 Full text Calligraphy Expertise Flow experience Functional connectivity +1

Attention and meditative development: A review and synthesis of long-term meditators and outlook for the study of advanced meditation.

Neuroimage November 19, 2025 Sebastian Ehmann, Idil Sezer, Arielle S Keller et al. 2 citations

Attention regulation is a core mechanism of mindfulness meditation and has been proposed to underlie many of its health-related benefits. Here, we review and synthesize behavioral findings on attentional outcomes in long-term meditators, integrating neurocognitive evidence within a meditative development framework. Key findings indicate trait-level improvements across attentional...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121602 Full text Mindfulness Advanced meditation Attention regulation Awareness +9

Tuning into the brain: Readiness potentials as instigators of intention reports.

Neuroimage October 15, 2025 Ceci Verbaarschot, Jason Farquhar, Pim Haselager

Multiple neuroscientific studies have claimed that neural signals such as the readiness potential (RP) are predictive of action performance well before a person reports to experience an intention to act. Much literature has focused on assessing the consequences of this priority for agency, responsibility and free will. Rather than being the cause of an intention experience or action, we believe...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121481 Full text Action Awareness Consciousness EEG +2

A practical measure of integrated information reveals alpha-band activity and the posterior cortex as neural correlates of arousal.

Neuroimage July 18, 2025 Xin Wen, Yu Chang, Sijie Li et al. 1 citation

The search for neurophysiological markers of consciousness and their neural substrates remains a focal point in neuroscience research. The integrated information theory (IIT) provides a promising quantitative framework for consciousness assessment, but computational limitations of existing Φ estimation methods hinder an in-depth understanding of large-scale cortical integration. Here, we...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121384 Full text Consciousness Cortical integration Gaussian copula Integrated information theory +1

Meditation in the third-person perspective modulates minimal self and heartbeat-evoked potentials.

Neuroimage July 1, 2025 Hang Yang, Bruno Herbelin, Chuong Ngo et al. 6 citations

Experienced meditation practitioners often report altered states of their sense of self, including decentering and distancing the self from the body and one's current concerns. Altered states of the sense of self, such as disembodiment and distancing of the self from the body, have also been induced experimentally using virtual reality (VR) and linked neurally to heartbeat-evoked potentials...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121265 Full text Mindfulness Cardiac processing Full-body illusion Own body perception +1

Conscious and unconscious perception of pitch shifts in auditory feedback during vocalization: Behavioral functions and event-related potential correlates.

Neuroimage July 1, 2025 Daniel Suchý, Roozbeh Behroozmand, Henry Railo 3 citations

During vocalization, mismatches between expected and perceived auditory feedback are processed rapidly and automatically, suggesting that feedback control of vocalization operates unconsciously. However, whether consciousness modulates speech feedback control remains little studied. To address this question, we concurrently measured behavioral vocal responses and electroencephalography (EEG) in...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121269 Full text Auditory feedback Conscious perception Sensorimotor integration Speech motor control +3

Ayahuasca-inspired DMT/HAR formulation reduces brain differentiation between self and other faces.

Neuroimage June 1, 2025 Dila Suay, Helena Aicher, Micheal Kometer et al. 4 citations

Psychedelics are known to profoundly alter perception and self-referential processing, yet their specific effects on face recognition -particularly with regard to the recognition of face familiarity-remain underexplored. This study investigates the effects of an ayahuasca-inspired novel DMT/HAR (N,N-dimethyltryptamine/Harmine) formulation and Harmine alone on face recognition and...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121247 Full text Ayahuasca Ego dissolution Event-related potentials erps Face recognition +6

Shared subcortical arousal systems across sensory modalities during transient modulation of attention.

Neuroimage May 15, 2025 Aya Khalaf, Erick Lopez, Jian Li et al. 6 citations

Subcortical arousal systems are known to play a key role in controlling sustained changes in attention and conscious awareness. Recent studies indicate that these systems have a major influence on short-term dynamic modulation of visual attention, but their role across sensory modalities is not fully understood. In this study, we investigated shared subcortical arousal systems across sensory...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121224 Full text Arousal Attention modulation Consciousness Subcortical networks +3

Event-related potential correlates of consciousness in simple auditory hallucinations.

Neuroimage April 15, 2025 Dmitri Filimonov, Saana Lenkkeri, Mika Koivisto et al. 6 citations

Neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) have been proposed for perceptual awareness in various sensory modalities. To date, perceptual awareness negativity (PAN) and late positivity (LP) are considered the main NCC candidates, and the question remains which one is the NCC proper. Investigating states where the content of consciousness is independent of the physical stimulus, may provide...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121168 Full text Auditory awareness negativity Auditory hallucinations Consciousness Electroencephalography +6

Deconstructing the self and reshaping perceptions: An intensive whole-brain 7T MRI case study of the stages of insight during advanced investigative insight meditation.

Neuroimage 2025 Winson F.z. Yang, Avijit Chowdhury, Terje Sparby et al. 12 citations

The stages of insight (SoI) are a series of psychological realizations experienced through advanced investigative insight meditation (AIIM). SoI provide a powerful structured framework of AIIM for understanding and evaluating insight-based meditative development through changes in perception, experiences of self, cognition, and emotional processing. Yet, the neurophenomenology of SoI remains...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120968 Full text Advanced meditation Brainstem Cerebellum Neurophenomenology +1

Frontal engagement in perceptual integration under low subjective visibility.

Neuroimage 2025 Jisub Bae, Koeun Jung, Oliver James et al. 1 citation

We investigated how spatiotemporal neural dynamics underlying perceptual integration changed with the degree of conscious access to a set of backward-masked pacman-shaped inducers that generated the percept of an illusory triangle. We kept the stimulus parameters at a fixed near-threshold level throughout the experiment and recorded electroencephalography from participants who reported the...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120984 Full text Consciousness Kanizsa illusory contour Multivariate pattern analysis Perceptual integration +1

Multimodal neurophenomenology of advanced concentration absorption meditation: An intensively sampled case study of Jhana.

Neuroimage December 14, 2024 Avijit Chowdhury, Marta Bianciardi, Eric Chapdelaine et al. 14 citations

Multimodal neurophenomenology of advanced concentration absorption meditation: An intensively sampled case study of Jhana.

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120973 Full text Meditation Mindfulness Consciousness Brain research

EEG signature of near-death-like experiences during syncope-induced periods of unresponsiveness.

Neuroimage September 1, 2024 Charlotte Martial, Andrea Piarulli, Olivia Gosseries et al. 10 citations

During fainting, disconnected consciousness may emerge in the form of dream-like experiences. Characterized by extra-ordinary and mystical features, these subjective experiences have been associated to near-death-like experiences (NDEs-like). We here aim to assess brain activity during syncope-induced disconnected consciousness by means of high-density EEG monitoring. Transient loss of...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120759 Full text Near-death experience Consciousness EEG Syncope +1

Intrinsic neural timescales exhibit different lengths in distinct meditation techniques.

Neuroimage August 15, 2024 Bianca Ventura, Yasir Çatal, Angelika Wolman et al. 22 citations

Meditation encompasses a range of practices employing diverse induction techniques, each characterized by a distinct attentional focus. In Mantra meditation, for instance, practitioners direct their attention narrowly to a given sentence that is recursively repeated, while other forms of meditation such as Shoonya meditation are induced by a wider attentional focus. Here we aimed to identify...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120745 Full text Attentional focus Autocorrelation window Intrinsic neural timescales Meditation techniques

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