Svend Davanger

Svend Davanger and Alice Cameron from Acem discuss how inner sound meditation may be used for relaxation, recovery and psychological change, in a conversation facilitated by Tony Nec.

Svend Davanger, Erik Ekker Solberg and Vilde Haakensen look at what recent meditation research says when it moves from laboratory experiments to everyday stress.

Marcus Raichle interviewed by Svend Davanger

Mind-wandering, brain and meditation

There are three main meditation-related areas in the brain, according to a new meta-analysis study: Insula, the prefrontal cortex, and the anterior cingulate cortex. All of these are located in the front half of the brain, and they seem to be involved irrespective of the type of meditation used.

The prefrontal cortex has expanded rapidly in the later stages of human development.