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DMN Quieting

Meditation

Reduction of self-referential brain activity.

Example: This is the meditation-side counterpart to what Carhart-Harris found with psychedelics — see the Default Mode Network entry above for the same network, approached by a very different route.

What is DMN quieting?

Reduction of self-referential brain activity in the default mode network.

How does meditation-driven DMN quieting compare to the psychedelic version?

It's the meditation-side counterpart to what neuroscientist Robin Carhart-Harris found with psychedelics — the same network, approached by a very different route. See our Default Mode Network entry.