Meditation and the Default Mode Network in Indian Practitioners

Record summary

Indian research groups have published neuroimaging and electrophysiological work on meditation, including attention, self-referential processing and default-mode-network activity. These studies are useful for comparing reported self-boundary changes, absorption and altered time perception with measurable changes in brain activity. They are not evidence that meditation produces telepathy or precognition. Researchers should identify the exact practice, practitioner expertise and imaging design because “meditation” covers concentrative, devotional, mindfulness and yogic techniques with different phenomenology.