Why I Am Not a Buddhist (Robert Wright & Evan Thompson)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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Is There a Neural Correlation Between Meditation and Meditation?
In general I share your view that there's a little too much gee whiz wow reaction to things having observable brain correlates. But I still think it's a valuable part of science. The default mode network, very loosely defined network seems roughly correlated with my activity and it seem roughly correlated with mind wandering. So it's kind of interesting that when people meditate, certain kinds of meditation seem to reduce activity in that that's consistent with the introspective observation that Certain kinds of meditation lead to less mind wandering.
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