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Objectives <p>Novice meditators often struggle to recognise and intentionally disengage from self-referential thought during meditation. We investigated whether personalised high-precision neurofeedback (NF) training improves volitional disengagement from self-referential thought during meditation and enhances meditation’s outcomes.</p> Method <p>In a single-blind, controlled study, novices received 2&#xa0;days of veridical (<i>n</i> = 20) or sham (<i>n</i> = 20) 7-T fMRI NF targeting posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) deactivation during meditation. After NF training, at-home meditation practice was monitored for 1&#xa0;week, followed by an in-lab behavioural assessment.</p> Results <p>Both groups reported similar perceptions of NF contingency, performance, and expectancy (<i>p</i> &gt; 0.05), suggesting effective participant blinding. PCC deactivation during NF-guided meditation was comparable across groups (<i>p</i> &gt; 0.05). Veridical NF group showed significantly stronger negative functional coupling (<i>d</i> = 0.59) between PCC and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), significantly greater mindful awareness (<i>d</i> = 0.41) and emotional well-being (<i>d</i> = 0.40) associated with 1-week practice, and significant correlation (<i>r</i> = 0.71, <i>p</i> &lt; 0.01) between emotional well-being and PCC-DLPFC negative coupling.</p> Conclusions <p>These findings suggest that high-precision NF can improve novices’ ability to volitionally disengage from self-referential thought during meditation, thereby fostering greater mindful awareness in real-world practice and promoting emotional well-being.</p> Preregistration <p>This exploratory study was not preregistered.</p>

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Neurofeedback Training Facilitates Awareness and Enhances Emotional Well-being Associated with Real-World Meditation Practice: A 7-T MRI Study

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    2025年9月26日

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  • Saampras Ganesan,
  • Nicholas T. Van Dam,
  • Sunjeev K. Kamboj,
  • Aki Tsuchiyagaito,
  • Matthew D. Sacchet,
  • Masaya Misaki,
  • Bradford A. Moffat,
  • Valentina Lorenzetti,
  • Andrew Zalesky

摘要

Objectives

Novice meditators often struggle to recognise and intentionally disengage from self-referential thought during meditation. We investigated whether personalised high-precision neurofeedback (NF) training improves volitional disengagement from self-referential thought during meditation and enhances meditation’s outcomes.

Method

In a single-blind, controlled study, novices received 2 days of veridical (n = 20) or sham (n = 20) 7-T fMRI NF targeting posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) deactivation during meditation. After NF training, at-home meditation practice was monitored for 1 week, followed by an in-lab behavioural assessment.

Results

Both groups reported similar perceptions of NF contingency, performance, and expectancy (p > 0.05), suggesting effective participant blinding. PCC deactivation during NF-guided meditation was comparable across groups (p > 0.05). Veridical NF group showed significantly stronger negative functional coupling (d = 0.59) between PCC and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), significantly greater mindful awareness (d = 0.41) and emotional well-being (d = 0.40) associated with 1-week practice, and significant correlation (r = 0.71, p < 0.01) between emotional well-being and PCC-DLPFC negative coupling.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that high-precision NF can improve novices’ ability to volitionally disengage from self-referential thought during meditation, thereby fostering greater mindful awareness in real-world practice and promoting emotional well-being.

Preregistration

This exploratory study was not preregistered.