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06-12-2024 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Experienced Meditators Show Enhanced Interaction Between Brain and Heart Functioning

Auteurs: Michael Yufeng Wang, Andrew W. Corcoran, Brittany McQueen, Gabrielle Freedman, Gregory Humble, Bernadette Mary Fitzgibbon, Paul B. Fitzgerald, Neil W. Bailey

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 12/2024

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Abstract

Objectives

Regulation of the heart by the brain is a vital function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), and healthy ANS function has been linked to a wide range of well-being measures. Although there is evidence of mindfulness-meditation-related changes to brain functioning and heart functioning independently, few studies have examined the interaction between brain and heart functions in experienced meditators.

Method

This study compared measures of the brain–heart relationship between 37 experienced meditators and 35 non-meditators (healthy controls) using three different analysis methods: (1) the heartbeat evoked potential (HEP; thought to reflect neural sensitivity to interoceptive feedback); (2) the relationship between fronto-midline theta neural oscillations (fm-theta) and the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) in electrocardiogram activity (an estimate of vagally mediated heart rate variability); and (3) the correlation between heart rate wavelet entropy and electroencephalographic wavelet entropy—a measure of signal complexity.

Results

The HEP analysis indicated that meditators showed a more central-posterior distribution of neural activity time-locked to the heartbeat (p < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.06) than controls. A significant positive relationship was also found between fm-theta and RMSSD in meditators (F(2,34) = 4.18, p = 0.02, R2 = 0.20) but not controls. No significant relationship was found between EEG entropy and ECG entropy in either group.

Conclusions

The altered distribution of evoked neural activity, and the correlation between brain and heart biomarkers of vagal activity suggests greater neural regulation and perhaps greater sensitivity to interoceptive signals in experienced meditators.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Experienced Meditators Show Enhanced Interaction Between Brain and Heart Functioning
Auteurs
Michael Yufeng Wang
Andrew W. Corcoran
Brittany McQueen
Gabrielle Freedman
Gregory Humble
Bernadette Mary Fitzgibbon
Paul B. Fitzgerald
Neil W. Bailey
Publicatiedatum
06-12-2024
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Mindfulness / Uitgave 12/2024
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02482-8