Which meditation is suitable for me? A neurophysiological perspective
Journal of Medical Evidence September 1, 2021 Yogesh Singh, Jayvardhan Singh, R. Kathrotia
Meditation practices can be broadly classified into focused attention (FA), open monitoring (OM), and automatic transcendence (AT) types, each associated with distinct brain networks: FA activates the executive control network (ECN), while AT engages the default mode network (DMN). The authors hypothesize that an individual's position in Maslow's hierarchy of needs determines which brain state predominates, with those lower in the hierarchy relying more on ECN for survival. This framework suggests that meditation selection should be tailored to an individual's daily life challenges and predominant functional brain state, rather than based on intuition or general recommendations.