Meditators probably show increased behaviour-monitoring related neural activity
Neil W Bailey, Harry Geddes, Isabella Zannettino, Gregory Humble, Jake Payne, Oliver Baell, Melanie Emonson, Sung Wook Chung, Aron T Hill, Nigel Rogasch, Jakob Hohwy, Paul B Fitzgerald
bioRxiv Preprint Server July 7, 2022 preprint DOI: 10.1101/2022.07.07.499152 via bioRxiv
Abstract
Objectives Mindfulness meditation is associated with better attention function. Performance monitoring and error-processing are important aspects of attention. We investigated whether experienced meditators showed different neural activity related to performance monitoring and error-processing. Previous research has produced inconsistent results. This study used more rigorous analyses and a larger sample to resolve the inconsistencies.