ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2019
Examining interpersonal self-transcendence as a potential mechanism linking meditation and social outcomes.
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- Mindful attention promotes control of brain network dynamics for self-regulation and discontinues the past from the present.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Trial
- A cross-sectional survey on depersonalization/derealization and meditation-induced alterations of the self.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Autonomic indicators of self-transcendence: insights from the numadelic VR paradigm.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2026Article
- The Moderating Role of Personality on the Effects of Concentration-, Ethics- and Wisdom-Based Meditation Practices for Well-Being and Prosociality.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From triple-mode network to triple-layered model - novel insights in social cognition.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Empathy and helping: the role of affect in response to others' suffering.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A kind mind: effects of compassion-based meditation on prosocial intergroup outcomes in a South African pilot sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Self-transcendence accompanies aesthetic chills.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
- Magical thinking in individuals with high polygenic risk for schizophrenia but no non-affective psychoses-a general population study.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Article
- From Self-Esteem to Selflessness: An Evidence (Gap) Map of Self-Related Processes as Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Based Interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- Neural Mechanisms of Attitude Change Toward Stigmatized Individuals: Temporoparietal Junction Activity Predicts Bias Reduction.Mindfulness · 2020Article
- Intrinsic Connectivity Networks in the Self- and Other-Referential Processing.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
Distinct types of meditation practice addressed in this review can help cultivate skills people may bring to later social interactions. We examine self-transcendence, or the drive to benefit others beyond the self, as a key mechanism through which meditation may promote positive social outcomes. Self-transcendence cultivated through various styles of meditation can impact social outcomes through two main pathways: First, self-transcendence can turn rigid, defensive self-focus into flexible and receptive self-construals. Second, it can increase positive other-focus by integrating reward and social signals in the brain. These accounts offer one practical solution of positively transforming social relations and highlight potential usefulness of considering self-transcendence in researching social effects of meditation.
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