Neural correlates of self-transcendence in meditation

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A cluster of European meditation studies investigated reduced self-referential processing, altered body boundaries and reported self-transcendent experience using EEG or fMRI. This lead should be anchored to a specific paper during verification rather than treated as a single universal experiment: relevant reports differ by contemplative tradition, expertise, instruction and imaging design. It matters for comparison with psychedelic ego-dissolution research, while remaining compatible with ordinary psychological and neural explanations. Verify the exact authors, year, practice and operational definition of self-transcendence.