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Meditation Activates / Deactivates Different Parts of the Brain
FOCUSED ATTENTION MEDITATION
Activations
Dorsal anterior/mid cingulate cortex
Premotor cortex
Deactivations
Posterior cingulate cortex (PCC – node in DMN)
Inferior parietal lobule (associated with “place in space”)
MANTRA RECITATION MEDITATION
Activations
Premotor cortex / Supplementary motor area
Putamen/Lateral globus pallidus
Fusiform gyrus
Cuneus /Precuneus
Deactivations
Anterior insula
OPEN MONITORING MEDITATION
Activations
Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex/SMA
Insular cortex (mid/anterior)
Inferior frontal gyrus
Premotor cortex
Deactivations
Thalamus (pulvinar)
LOVING-KINDNESS AND COMPASSION MEDITATIONS
Activations
Anterior insula
Parieto-occipital sulcus
Somatosensory cortices/Inferior parietal lobule