Intracranial substrates of meditation-induced neuromodulation in the amygdala and hippocampus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America February 11, 2025 Christina Maher, Lea Tortolero, Soyeon Jun et al. 7 citations
Loving-kindness meditation, which involves directing thoughts of goodwill toward oneself and others, alters neural activity in the amygdala and hippocampus. In first-time meditators with implanted brain-recording devices, the practice increased gamma-band (30 to 55 Hz) power and changed the duration of beta (13 to 30 Hz) and gamma oscillatory bursts in both regions. These changes were specific to periodic features of neural activity, not aperiodic ones. The findings suggest that even novice meditation can modulate limbic brain activity linked to emotional regulation and mood disorders.