SpringerLink
Log in

The Neurobiological Correlates of Meditation and Mindfulness

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship

Part of the book series: Mindfulness in Behavioral Health ((MIBH))

Abstract

Mindfulness refers to a calm awareness of cognitions, sensations, ­emotions, and experiences. This state is frequently achieved through mindfulness meditation (MM) which is a practice that cultivates non-judgmental awareness of the present moment. MM has also become widely used in a variety of psychological, medical, and wellness populations. Recently, there have been a number of studies that have elucidated some of the neurophysiological processes involved with MM and other similar meditation practices. This chapter provides a review of that literature, which includes neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurotransmitter systems, and recent brain-imaging advances.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
EUR 32.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or Ebook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free ship** worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free ship** worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Adair, K. C., Gilmore, R. L., Fennell, E. B., Gold M., & Heilman, K. M. (1995). Anosognosia during intracarotid barbiturate anaesthesia: Unawareness or amnesia for weakness. Neurology, 45, 241–243.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Aghajanian, G., Sprouse, J., & Rasmussen, K. (1987). Physiology of the midbrain serotonin system. In H. Meltzer (Ed.), Psychopharmacology, the third generation of progress (pp. 141–149). New York: Raven Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Albin, R., & Greenamyre, J. (1992). Alternative excitotoxic hypotheses. Neurology, 42, 733–738.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Andrews, T. J., Halpern, S. D., & Purves, D. (1997). Correlated size variations in human visual cortex, lateral geniculate nucleus, and optic tract. Journal of Neuroscience, 17, 2859–2868.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Armony, J. L., & LeDoux, J. E. (2000). In M. S. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The new cognitive neurosciences (pp. 1073–1074). Cambridge: MIT Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Baer, R. A. (2003). Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, 125–143.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Baerentsen, K. B., Stødkilde-Jørgensen, H., Sommerlund, B., Hartmann T., Damsgaard-Madsen J., Fosnaes M., & Green, A.C. (2010). An investigation of brain processes supporting meditation. Cognitive Processing, 11(1), 57–84.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Brefczynaki-Lewis, J. A., Lutz, A., Schaefer H. S, Levinson D. B., & Davidson, R. J. (2007). Neural correlates of attentional expertise in long-term meditation practitioners. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 104, 11483–11488.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bucci, D. J., Conley, M., & Gallagher, M. (1999). Thalamic and basal forebrain cholinergic connections of the rat posterior parietal cortex. Neuroreport, 10, 941–945.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Cahn, B. R., & Polich, J. (2006). Meditation states and traits: EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies. Psychological Bulletin, 132(2), 180–211.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Cheramy, A., Romo, R., & Glowinski, J. (1987). Role of corticostriatal glutamatergic neurons in the presynaptic control of dopamine release. In Sandler, M., Feuerstein, C., & Scatton, B.(Eds.), Neurotransmitter interactions in the basal ganglia. New York: Raven.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chow, T. W., & Cummings, J. L. (1999). In B. L. Miller, & J. L. Cummings (Eds.), The human frontal lobes (pp. 3–26). New York: Guilford Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cornwall, J., & Phillipson, O. T. (1988). Mediodorsal and reticular thalamic nuclei receive collateral axons from prefrontal cortex and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in the rat. Neuroscience Letters, 88, 121–126.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Creswell, J. D., Way, B. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). Neural correlates of dispositional mindfulness during affect labeling. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 560–565.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Davies, E., Keyon, C. J., & Fraser, R. (1985). The role of calcium ions in the mechanism of ACTH stimulation of cortisol synthesis. Steroids, 45, 557.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Davis, M. (1992). The role of the amygdala in fear and anxiety. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 15, 353–375.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Destexhe, A., Contreras, D., & Steriade, M. (1998). Mechanisms underlying the synchronizing action of corticothalamic feedback through inhibition of thalamic relay cells. Journal of Neurophysiology, 79, 999–1016.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dietrich, A. (2003). Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis. Consciousness and Cognition, 12, 231–256.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Elias, A. N., Guich, S., & Wilson, A. F. (2000). Ketosis with enhanced GABAergic tone promotes physiological changes in transcendental meditation. Medical Hypotheses, 54, 660–662.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fernandez-Duque, D., & Posner, M. I. (2001). Brain imaging of attentional networks in normal and pathological states. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 23, 74–93.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fish, D. R., Gloor, P., Quesney, F. L., & Olivier, A. (1993). Clinical responses to electrical brain stimulation of the temporal and frontal lobes in patients with epilepsy. Brain, 116, 397–414.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Foote, S. (1987). Extrathalamic modulation of cortical function. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 10, 67–95.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Frith, C. D., Friston, K., Liddle, P. F., & Frackowiak, R. S. (1991). Willed action and the prefrontal cortex in man a study with PET. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 244, 241–246.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gellhorn, E., & Kiely, W. F. (1972). Mystical states of consciousness: Neurophysiological and clinical aspects. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 154, 399–405.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Herzog, H., Lele, V. R., Kuwert, T., Langen K. J, Rota Kops E, & Feinendegen, L. E. (1990–1991). Changed pattern of regional glucose metabolism during Yoga meditative relaxation. Neuropsychobiol, 23, 182–187.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hugdahl, K. (1996). Cognitive influences on human autonomic nervous system function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 6, 252–258.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Infante, J. R., Peran, F., Martinez, M., Roldan, A., Poyatos, R., Ruiz, C., Samaniego, F., & Garrido, F. (1998). ACTH and beta-endorphin in transcendental meditation. Physiology and Behavior, 64, 311–315.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Infante, J. R., Torres-Avisbal, M., Pinel, P., Vallejo, J. A., Peran, F., Gonzalez, F., Contreras, p., Pacheco, C., Roldan, A., & Latre, J.M. (2001). Catecholamine levels in practitioners of the transcendental meditation technique. Physiology and Behavior, 72, 141–146.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ingvar, D. H. (1994). The will of the brain: Cerebral correlates of willful acts. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 171, 7–12.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ivanovski, B., & Malhi, G. S. (2007). The psychological and neurophysiological concomitants of mindfulness forms of meditation. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 19, 76–91.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Janal, M. N., Colt, E. W., Clark, W. C., Glusman, M. (1984). Pain sensitivity, mood and plasma endocrine levels in man following long-distance running: Effects of naxalone. Pain, 19, 13–25.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Jevning, R., Wallace, R. K., & Beidebach, M. (1992). The physiology of meditation: A review. A wakeful hypometabolic integrated response. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 16, 415–424.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Jevning, R., Wilson, A. F., & Davidson, J. M. (1978). Adrenocortical activity during meditation. Hormones and Behavior, 10, 54–60.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Jevtovic-Todorovic, V., Wozniak, D. F., Benshoff, N. D., & Olney, J. W. (2001). A comparative evaluation of the neurotoxic properties of ketamine and nitrous oxide. Brain Research, 895, 264–267.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Joseph, R. (1996). Neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, and behavioral neurology (p. 197). New York: Williams & Wilkins.

    Google Scholar 

  • Juckel, G. J., Mendlin, A., & Jacobs, B. L. (1999). Electrical stimulation of rat medial prefrontal cortex enhances forebrain serotonin output: Implications for electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression. Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, 391–398.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kakigi, R., Nakata, H., Inui, K., Hiroe, N., Nagata, O., Honda, M., Tanaka, S., Sadato, N., & Kawakami, M. (2005). Intracerebral pain processing in a Yoga Master who claims not to feel pain during meditation. European Journal of Pain, 9(5), 581–589.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Karnath, H. O., Ferber, S., & Himmelbach, M. (2001). Spatial awareness is a function of the temporal not the posterior parietal lobe. Nature, 411, 950–953.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kiss, J., Kocsis, K., Csaki, A., Gorcs, T. J., & Halasz, B. (1997). Metabotropic glutamate receptor in GHRH and beta-endorphin neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. Neuroreport, 8, 3703–3707.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kjaer, T. W., Bertelsen, C., Piccini, P., Brooks, D., Alving, J., & Lou, H. C. (2002). Increased dopamine tone during meditation-induced change of consciousness. Brain Research. Cognitive Brain Research, 13(2), 255–259.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lazar, S. W., Bush, G., Gollub, R. L., Fricchione, G. L, Khalsa, G., & Benson, H. (2000). Functional brain map** of the relaxation response and meditation. Neuroreport, 11, 1581–1585.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Leite, J. R., Ornellas, F. L., Amemiya, T. M., de Almeida, A. A., Dias, A. A., Afonso, R., Little, S., & Kozasa, E.H. (2010). Effect of progressive self-focus meditation on attention, anxiety, and depression scores. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 110(3 Pt 1), 840–848.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lieberman, M. D., Eisenberger, N. I., Crocket, M. J., Tom, S. M., Pfeifer, J. H., & Way, B. M. (2007). Putting feelings into words: Affect labeling disrupts amygdale activity in response to affective stimuli. Psychological Science, 18, 421–428.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Livesey, J. H., Evans, M. J., Mulligan, R., & Donald, R. A. (2000). Interactions of CRH, AVP and cortisol in the secretion of ACTH from perifused equine anterior pituitary cells: “Permissive” roles for cortisol and CRH. Endocrine Research, 26, 445–463.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lou, H. C., Kjaer, T. W., Friberg, L., Wildschiodtz, G., Holm, S., & Nowak, M. (1999). A 15O-H2O PET study of meditation and the resting state of normal consciousness. Human Brain Map**, 7, 98–105.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lutz, A., Greischar, L. L., Perlman, D. M., & Davidson, R. J. (2009). BOLD signal in insula is differentially related to cardiac function during compassion meditation in experts vs. novices. NeuroImage, 47(3), 1038–1046.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lynch, J. C. (1980). The functional organization of posterior parietal association cortex. Behavior Brain Science, 3, 485–499.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Manfridi, A., Brambilla, D., & Mancia, M. (1999). Stimulation of NMDA and AMPA receptors in the rat nucleus basalis of Meynert affects sleep. American Journal of Physiology, 277, R1488–R1492.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Moller, M. (1992). Fine structure of pinealopetal innervation of the mammalian pineal gland. Microscopy Research and Technique, 21, 188–204.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Monti, D. A., Peterson, C., Kunkel, E. J., Hauck, W. W., Pequignot, E., Rhodes, L., & Brainard, G. C. (2006). A randomized controlled trial of ­mindfulness-based art therapy for women with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 15(5), 363–373.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mountcastle, V. B., Motter, B. C., & Anderson, R. A. (1980). Some further observations on the functional properties of neurons in the parietal lobe of the waking monkey. Brain Behavior Science, 3, 520–523.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Newberg, A., Alavi, A., Baime, M., Pourdehnad, M., Santanna, J., & d’Aquili, E. (2001). The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive task of meditation: A preliminary SPECT study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 106, 113–122.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Newberg, A. B., & Iversen, J. (2003). The neural basis of the complex mental task of meditation: Neurotransmitter and neurochemical considerations. Medical Hypotheses, 61(2), 282–291.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Newberg, A., Pourdehnad, M., Alavi, A., & d’Aquili, E. (2003). Cerebral blood flow during meditative prayer: Preliminary findings and methodological issues. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 97, 625–630.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Newman, J., & Grace, A. A. (1999). Binding across time: The selective gating of frontal and hippocampal systems modulating working memory and attentional states. Consciousness and Cognition, 8, 196–212.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • O’Halloran, J. P., Jevning, R., Wilson, A. F., Skowsky, R., Walsh, R. N., & Alexander, C. (1985). Hormonal control in a state of decreased activation: Potentiation of arginine vasopressin secretion. Physiology and Behavior, 35, 591–595.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Olds, M. E., & Forbes, J. L. (1981). The central basis of motivation, intracranial self-stimulation studies. Annual Review of Psychology, 32, 523–574.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Orme-Johnson, D. W., Schneider, R. H., Son, Y. D., Nidich, S., & Cho, Z. H. (2006). Neuroimaging of meditation’s effect on brain reactivity to pain. Neuroreport, 17(12), 1359–1363.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Palmer, S. E. (1999). Vision science: Photons to phenomenology. Cambridge: MIT Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pardo, J. V., Fox, P. T., & Raichle, M. E. (1991). Localization of a human system for sustained attention by positron emission tomography. Nature, 349, 61–64.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Peng, C. K., Mietus, J. E., Liu, Y., Khalsa, G., Douglas, P. S., Benson, H., & Goldberger, A. L. (1999). Exaggerates heart rate oscillations during two meditation techniques. International Journal of Cardiology, 70, 101–107.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Peres, J. F., Foerster, B., Santana, L. G., Fereira, M. D., Nasello, A. G., Savoia, M., Moreira-Almeida, A., & Lederman, H. (2011). Police officers under attack: Resilience implications of an fMRI study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(6), 727–734.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Peres, J., Mercante, J., & Nasello, A. G. (2005). Psychological dynamics affecting traumatic memories: Implications in psychotherapy. Psychology and Psychotherapy, 78(4), 431–447.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Peres, J. F., Newberg, A. B., Mercante, J. P., Simão, M., Albuquerque, V. E., Peres, M. J., & Nasello, A. G. (2007). Cerebral blood flow changes during retrieval of traumatic memories before and after psychotherapy: A SPECT study. Psychological Medicine, 37(10), 1481–1491.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Peterson, J., Loizzo, J., & Charlson, M. (2009). A program in contemplative self-healing: Stress, allostasis, and learning in the Indo-Tibetan tradition. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1172, 123–147.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Pietrowsky, R., Braun, D., Fehm, H. L., Pauschinger, P., & Born, J. (1991). Vasopressin and oxytocin do not influence early sensory processing but affect mood and activation in man. Peptides, 12, 1385–1391.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Poletti, C. E., & Sujatanond, M. (1980). Evidence for a second hippocampal efferent pathway to hypothalamus and basal forebrain comparable to fornix system: A unit study in the monkey. Journal of Neurophysiology, 44, 514–531.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Portas, C. M., Rees, G., Howseman, A. M., Josephs, O., Turner, R., & Frith, C. D. (1998). A specific role for the thalamus in mediating the interaction attention and arousal in humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 18, 8979–8989.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ramachandran, V. S., Armel, C., & Foster, C. (1998). Object recognition can drive motion perception. Nature, 395, 852–853.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ramachandran, V. S., & Gregory, R. L. (1991). Perceptual filling in of artificially induced scotomas in human vision. Nature, 350, 699–702.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Redding, F. K. (1967). Modification of sensory cortical evoked potentials by hippocampal stimulation. Electroencephalograph and Clinical Neurophysiology, 22, 74–83.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Renaud, L. P. (1996). CNS pathways mediating cardiovascular regulation of vasopressin. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 23, 157–160.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Saver, J. L., & Rabin, J. (1997). The neural substrates of religious experience. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 9, 498–510.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Shaji, A. V., & Kulkarni, S. K. (1998). Central nervous system depressant activities of melatonin in rats and mice. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 36, 257–263.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sim, M. K., & Tsoi, W. F. (1992). The effects of centrally acting drugs on the EEG correlates of meditation. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 17, 215–220.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Speca, M., Carlson, L. E., Goodey, E., & Angen, M. (2000). A randomized, wait-list controlled clinical trial: The effect of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62(5), 613–622.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sudsuang, R., Chentanez, V., & Veluvan, K. (1991). Effects of Buddhist meditation on serum cortisol and total protein levels, blood pressure, pulse rate, lung volume an reaction time. Physiology and Behavior, 50, 543–548.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Thomas, A. G., Vornov, J. J., Olkowski, J. L., Merion, A. T., & Slusher, B. S. (2000). N-Acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase converts N-acetylaspartylglutamate from a neuroprotectant to a neurotoxin. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 295, 16–22.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Travis, F. (2001). Autonomic and EEG patterns distinguish transcending from other experiences during transcendental meditation practice. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 42, 1–9.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Van Bockstaele, E. J., & Aston-Jones, G. (1995). Integration in the ventral medulla and coordination of sympathetic, pain and arousal functions. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 17, 153–165.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Van Praag, H., & De Haan, S. (1980). Depression vulnerability and 5-Hydroxytryptophan prophylaxis. Psychiatry Research, 3, 75–83.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Vogt, B. A., Finch, D. M., & Olson, C. R. (1992). Functional heterogeneity in cingulate cortex: The anterior executive and posterior evaluative regions. Cerebral Cortex, 2, 435–443.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Vollenweider, F. X., Leenders, K. L., Scharfetter, C., Antonini, A., Maguire, P., Missimer, J., & Angst, J. (1997). Metabolic hyperfrontality and psychopathology in the ketamine model of psychosis using positron emission tomography (PET) and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). European Neuropsychopharmacology, 7, 9–24.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Vollenweider, F. X., Vontobel, P., Hell, D., & Leenders, K. L. (1999). 5-HT modulation of dopamine release in basal ganglia in psilocybin-induced psychosis in man – a PET study with [11C]raclopride. Neuropsychopharmacology, 20, 424–433.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Walton, K. G., Pugh, N. D., Gelderloos, P., & Macrae, P. (1995). Stress reduction and preventing hypertension: Preliminary support for a psychoneuroendocrine mechanism. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 1, 263–283.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Waterhouse, B. D., Moises, H. C., & Woodward, D. J. (1998). Phasic activation of the locus coeruleus enhances responses of primary sensory cortical neurons to peripheral receptive field stimulation. Brain Research, 790, 33–44.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Weingartner, H., Gold, P., Ballenger, J. C., Smallberg, S. A., Summers, R., Rubinow, D. R., Post, R. M., & Goodwin, F. K. (1981). Effects of vasopressin on human memory functions. Science, 211, 601–603.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Yadid, G., Zangen, A., Herzberg, U., Nakash, R., & Sagen, J. (2000). Alterations in endogenous brain beta-endorphin release by adrenal medullary transplants in the spinal cord. Neuropsychopharmacology, 23, 709–716.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Zhelyazkova-Savova, M., Giovannini, M. G., & Pepeu, G. (1997). Increase of cortical acetylcholine release after systemic administration of chlorophenylpiperazine in the rat: An in vivo microdialysis study. Neuroscience Letters, 236, 151–154.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ziegler, D. R., Cass, W. A., & Herman, J. P. (1999). Excitatory influence of the locus coeruleus in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis responses to stress. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 11, 361–369.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA

    Jesse Edwards, Daniel A. Monti & Andrew B. Newberg

  2. ProSer – Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Julio Peres

Authors
  1. Jesse Edwards
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Julio Peres
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Daniel A. Monti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Andrew B. Newberg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Andrew B. Newberg .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora - UFJ, Juiz de Fora, 36036-330, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Alexander Moreira-Almeida

  2. Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, São Paulo University, São Paulo, 05403-010, São Paulo, Brazil

    Franklin Santana Santos

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Edwards, J., Peres, J., Monti, D.A., Newberg, A.B. (2012). The Neurobiological Correlates of Meditation and Mindfulness. In: Moreira-Almeida, A., Santana Santos, F. (eds) Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship. Mindfulness in Behavioral Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0647-1_6

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation