Neuromodulation and meditation: A review and synthesis toward promoting well-being and understanding consciousness and brain.

K Abellaneda-Pérez, WFZ Yang, A Chowdhury, T Sparby, MD Sacchet - NeuroImage, 2025 - Elsevier
The stages of insight (SoI) are a series of psychological realizations experienced through
advanced investigative insight meditation (AIIM). SoI provide a powerful structured …

Pattern theory of selflessness: How meditation may transform the self-pattern

A Berkovich-Ohana, KW Brown, S Gallagher… - Mindfulness, 2024 - Springer
For many centuries, scholars and philosophers from wisdom traditions in different cultures
have reported and discussed non-self states of consciousness. These states can be both …

Within‐subject reliability of brain networks during advanced meditation: An intensively sampled 7 Tesla MRI case study

S Ganesan, WFZ Yang, A Chowdhury… - Human Brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced meditation such as jhana meditation can produce various altered states of
consciousness (jhanas) and cultivate rewarding psychological qualities including joy …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal neurophenomenology of advanced concentration absorption meditation: An intensively sampled case study of Jhana

A Chowdhury, M Bianciardi, E Chapdelaine, OS Riaz… - NeuroImage, 2025 - Elsevier
Using a combination of fMRI, EEG, and phenomenology ratings, we examined the
neurophenomenology of advanced concentrative absorption meditation, namely jhanas …

Volitional mental absorption in meditation: Toward a scientific understanding of advanced concentrative absorption meditation and the case of jhana

WFZ Yang, T Sparby, M Wright, E Kim, MD Sacchet - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Meditation has been integral to human culture for millennia, deeply rooted in various
spiritual and contemplative traditions. While the field of contemplative science has made …

[BUKU][B] The elephant and the blind: the experience of pure consciousness: philosophy, science, and 500+ experiential reports

T Metzinger - 2024 - books.google.com
An engaging and insightful journey into human consciousness. What if our goal had not
been to land on Mars, but in pure consciousness? The experience of pure consciousness …

Relaxed alertness in novice and advanced meditators–A neurophysiological and psychological study of Isha Yoga practices

S Malipeddi, A Sasidharan, R PN, S Mehrotra, JP John… - Mindfulness, 2024 - Springer
Objectives Mind–body practices such as meditation are growing in popularity worldwide as
effective methods for reducing stress and enhancing well-being. A vast body of literature …

Documenting and defining emergent phenomenology: theoretical foundations for an extensive research strategy

O Sandilands, DM Ingram - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Meditation, psychedelics, and other similar practices or induction methods that can modulate
conscious experience, are becoming increasingly popular in clinical and non-clinical …

[PDF][PDF] A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness

RE Laukkonen, S Chandaria - PsyAr**v. Retrieved from osf. io/preprints …, 2024 - files.osf.io
Can active inference model consciousness? We offer three conditions implying that it can.
The first condition is the simulation of a world or reality model, which determines what can …