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Long-Term Meditators Self-Induce High-Amplitude Gamma Synchrony During Mental Practice

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Altered States MeditationGamma SynchronyExpert Practitioners

By Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. Greischar, Nancy B. Rawlings, Matthieu Ricard, and Richard J. Davidson

Summary

10,000+ hour Tibetan Buddhist practitioners showed the highest gamma synchrony ever recorded in non-epileptic humans during loving-kindness meditation. Neural coherence persisted post-meditation.

Why It Matters

Demonstrated that intense mental training produces unprecedented, measurable neurophysiology — challenging the assumption that the brain's "normal" state is fixed.

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