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Learning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundaries.

Valeria Becattini, Michael Lifshitz, Mark Miller

Neurosci Conscious February 19, 2026 DOI: 10.1093/nc/niag001 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Intervention body-scan meditation
Topics Meditation
Citations 1
Key points Proposes that body-scan meditation dissolves bodily boundaries by updating predictive processing of interoceptive signals, altering the sense of self.

Abstract

Learning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundaries.