PMID- 22005087
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120723
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1090-2376 (Electronic)
IS  - 1053-8100 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
DP  - 2012 Mar
TI  - A neurocognitive model of meditation based on activation likelihood estimation 
      (ALE) meta-analysis.
PG  - 269-76
LID - 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.019 [doi]
AB  - Meditation comprises a series of practices mainly developed in eastern cultures 
      aiming at controlling emotions and enhancing attentional processes. Several 
      authors proposed to divide meditation techniques in focused attention (FA) and 
      open monitoring (OM) techniques. Previous studies have reported differences in 
      brain networks underlying FA and OM. On the other hand common activations across 
      different meditative practices have been reported. Despite differences between 
      forms of meditation and their underlying cognitive processes, we propose that all 
      meditative techniques could share a central process that would be supported by a 
      core network for meditation since their general common goal is to induce 
      relaxation, regulating attention and developing an attitude of detachment from 
      one's own thoughts. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a quantitative 
      meta-analysis based on activation likelihood estimation (ALE) of 10 neuroimaging 
      studies (91 subjects) on different meditative techniques to evidence the core 
      cortical network subserving meditation. We showed activation of basal ganglia 
      (caudate body), limbic system (enthorinal cortex) and medial prefrontal cortex 
      (MPFC). We discuss the functional role of these structures in meditation and we 
      tentatively propose a neurocognitive model of meditation that could guide future 
      research.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Sperduti, Marco
AU  - Sperduti M
AD  - CNRS, FRE 3292, Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neuropsychologie Cognitives, Paris, 
      France. marcosperduti@yahoo.it
FAU - Martinelli, Penelope
AU  - Martinelli P
FAU - Piolino, Pascale
AU  - Piolino P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Meta-Analysis
DEP - 20111017
PL  - United States
TA  - Conscious Cogn
JT  - Consciousness and cognition
JID - 9303140
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Brain Mapping
MH  - Humans
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Meditation/*methods/psychology
MH  - Models, Neurological
MH  - Models, Psychological
MH  - Nerve Net/diagnostic imaging/*physiology
MH  - Positron-Emission Tomography
MH  - Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
EDAT- 2011/10/19 06:00
MHDA- 2012/07/24 06:00
CRDT- 2011/10/19 06:00
PHST- 2011/06/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/09/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/09/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/10/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/10/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/07/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1053-8100(11)00228-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.019 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Conscious Cogn. 2012 Mar;21(1):269-76. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.019. Epub 
      2011 Oct 17.