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📰 Meditators Evidence Neurophysiological Markers of Death Acceptance (A ✨NEW✨, free, 13-page article) Tags: #Death #Meditation #Tmt #Dharma #Neuroscience

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Training the Embodied Self in Its Impermanence: Meditators Evidence Neurophysiological Markers of Death Acceptance > Meditators’ brains responded to the coupling of death and self-stimuli in a manner indicating acceptance rather than denial, corresponding to increased self-reported well-being. > Additionally, degree of death acceptance predicted positively valenced meditation-induced self-dissolution experiences, thus shedding light on possible mechanisms underlying wholesome vs > pathological disruptions to self-consciousness. > The findings provide empirical support for the hypothesis that the neural mechanisms underlying the human tendency to avoid death are not hard-wired but are amenable to mental training, one which is linked with meditating on the experience of the embodied self’s impermanence. > The results also highlight the importance of assessing and addressing mortality concerns when implementing psychopharmacological or contemplative interventions with the potential of inducing radical disruptions to self-consciousness. https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/training-embodied-self-in-its-impermanence_dor-ziderman-yair-et-al