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dc.date.accessioned2014-04-29T08:26:11Z
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dc.date.created2014-04-10T22:27:12Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationXu, Jian Vik, Alexandra Groote, Inge Rasmus Lagopoulos, Jim Holen, Are Ellingsen, Øyvind Håberg, Asta Davanger, Svend . Nondirective meditation activates default mode network and areas associated with memory retrieval and emotional processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2014, 8(86)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10852/39135
dc.description.abstractNondirective meditation techniques are practiced with a relaxed focus of attention that permits spontaneously occurring thoughts, images, sensations, memories, and emotions to emerge and pass freely, without any expectation that mind wandering should abate. These techniques are thought to facilitate mental processing of emotional experiences, thereby contributing to wellness and stress management. The present study assessed brain activity by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 14 experienced practitioners of Acem meditation in two experimental conditions. In the first, nondirective meditation was compared to rest. Significantly increased activity was detected in areas associated with attention, mind wandering, retrieval of episodic memories, and emotional processing. In the second condition, participants carried out concentrative practicing of the same meditation technique, actively trying to avoid mind wandering. The contrast nondirective meditation > concentrative practicing was characterized by higher activity in the right medial temporal lobe (parahippocampal gyrus and amygdala). In conclusion, the present results support the notion that nondirective meditation, which permits mind wandering, involves more extensive activation of brain areas associated with episodic memories and emotional processing, than during concentrative practicing or regular rest.
dc.languageEN
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundation
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.titleNondirective meditation activates default mode network and areas associated with memory retrieval and emotional processing
dc.typeJournal article
dc.creator.authorXu, Jian
dc.creator.authorVik, Alexandra
dc.creator.authorGroote, Inge Rasmus
dc.creator.authorLagopoulos, Jim
dc.creator.authorHolen, Are
dc.creator.authorEllingsen, Øyvind
dc.creator.authorHåberg, Asta
dc.creator.authorDavanger, Svend
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cristin.unitnamePsykologisk institutt
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dc.identifier.cristin1128280
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dc.identifier.jtitleFrontiers in Human Neuroscience
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.identifier.pagecount10
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00086
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-44047
dc.subject.nviVDP::Human og veterinærmedisinsk fysiologi: 718
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dc.type.peerreviewedPeer reviewed
dc.source.issn1662-5161
dc.identifier.fulltextFulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/39135/2/fnhum-08-00086.pdf
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