Towards Enhancing Meditation with Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation in Expert Meditators
Joshua A. Cain, Geena Wang, Tracy Brandmeyer, Ninette Simonian, Nicco Reggente
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Our overarching goal is to reliably induce deep and beneficial states of meditation with neuromodulation. Here, we target three candidate regions of the brain: Posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), Caudate, and Insula via non-invasive focused ultrasound (FUS) neuromodulation while probing the quality of meditation in experts. Caudate seems most effective.