Principles and neurobiological correlates of concentrative, diffuse, and insight meditation

Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2013 Jul-Aug;21(4):205-18. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0b013e31828e8ef4.

Authors

Craig Mehrmann¹, Rakesh Karmacharya

Affiliation

¹ From the Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (Mr. Mehrmann and Dr. Karmacharya); Harvard Medical School and Chemical Biology Program, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT (Dr. Karmacharya); Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (Dr. Karmacharya).

PMID: 24651509
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0b013e31828e8ef4

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Attention / physiology*
Awareness / physiology*
Brain / physiology*
Buddhism / psychology
Executive Function / physiology
Humans
Meditation / psychology*
Mental Recall / physiology
Mindfulness*
Nerve Net / physiology*
Religion and Psychology

Grants and funding

K08MH086846/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States