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Mindfulness meditators’ brains show an acceptance of death which predicts positively-valenced meditative self-dissolution experiences

PsyArXiv August 21, 2023 preprint DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/vn582

Summary

Mindfulness meditators exhibit a brain response that indicates an acceptance of death, which is associated with positive meditative experiences characterized by self-dissolution. This suggests that accepting mortality may enhance the quality of meditation for practitioners.

Study at a glance

Population mindfulness meditators
Key finding Acceptance of death in mindfulness meditators' brains predicts positively-valenced meditative self-dissolution experiences.

Abstract

Mindfulness meditators’ brains show an acceptance of death which predicts positively-valenced meditative self-dissolution experiences

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