Neural correlates of attentional expertise in long-term meditation practitioners

Footnotes

• ^§To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
  W. M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705.
  E-mail: rjdavids{at}wisc.edu

• Author contributions: J.A.B.-L. and A.L. contributed equally to this work; A.L., H.S.S., and R.J.D. designed research; J.A.B.-L., A.L., and R.J.D. performed research; J.A.B.-L., A.L., and D.B.L. analyzed data; and J.A.B.-L. and R.J.D. wrote the paper.

• The authors declare no conflict of interest.

• This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

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• Abbreviations:

  Amyg,

  amygdala;

  DLPFC,

  dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex;

  EM,

  expert meditator;

  NM,

  novice meditator;

  INM,

  incentive NM;

  IFG,

  inferior frontal gyrus;

  Ins,

  insula;

  IPS,

  intraparietal sulcus;

  LO,

  lateral occipital;

  LHEMs,

  EMs with the least hours of practice;

  MHEM,

  EMs with the least hours of practice;

  MeFG,

  medial frontal gyrus;

  Acc,

  anterior cingulate;

  Med.,

  meditation;

  P.,

  posterior;

  P. Cing,

  P. cingulate;

  ROI,

  region of interest;

  SFG,

  superior frontal gyrus;

  MFG,

  middle frontal gyrus.

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