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

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

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Saampras GanesanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Nicholas T Van DamContemplative Studies Centre, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Sunjeev K KambojResearch Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Aki TsuchiyagaitoLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK USA.
Matthew D SacchetMeditation Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Masaya MisakiLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK USA.
Bradford A MoffatMelbourne Brain Centre Imaging Unit, Department of Radiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Valentina LorenzettiNeuroscience of Addiction and Mental Health Program, Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, School of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Andrew ZaleskyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

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Abstract

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 ( Results: Both groups reported similar perceptions of NF contingency, performance, and expectancy ( 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. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12671-025-02671-z.

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7-T fMRIDorsolateral prefrontal cortexEmotional well-beingMeditationMindful awarenessNeurofeedbackPosterior cingulate cortex

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