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Transactions of the Japan Academy

ISSN 0388-0036

1 paper in the library · publishing 2023

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Zen Meditative Consciousness and Brain's Default Mode Network

Transactions of the Japan Academy 2023 Naoyuki Osaka

Meditation in Zen has received much attention in the scientific exploration of consciousness from metacognition and the social brain. Zen meditation provides effective clues to self-knowledge by providing awareness of “present self-being”. Our brains are thought to operate in dynamic equilibrium every day with two broad networks: the working memory network (WMN), which is oriented toward...