Table 2.

Studies that find altered activation in the anterior DMN (mPFC) as a result of meditation

Supporting Information: Text within sections allocated to MHM is to specify either the differentiating factor between groups of similar experience level (e.g. meditation training vs relaxation training) or the level of meditation when mean hours of experience were not provided within the published paper.

Abbreviations: anterior cingulate cortex (ACC); dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC); experienced meditators (EM); integrative body–mind training (IBMT); mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR); medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC); mean hours of meditation (MHM); mean years of meditation (MYM); mind-wandering (MW); naïve meditators (NM); nondual awareness meditation (NDA); ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC).