Default Mode Network, Meditation, and Age-Associated Brain Changes: What Can We Learn from the Impact of Mental Training on Well-Being as a Psychotherapeutic Approach?

<div>Model of meditation effects to promote optimal aging. The constant practice of attentional family meditation develops the metacognitive self-regulatory capacity of the mind. This consists in the voluntary control of attentional focus and keeping the attention in the present experience, without self-referential thinking and mind wandering. This metacognitive ability can modulate cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and autonomic output. The question is: Can these skills promote a healthy aging? ANS: autonomic nervous system, HPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.</div>

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Figure 2: Default Mode Network, Meditation, and Age-Associated Brain Changes: What Can We Learn from the Impact of Mental Training on Well-Being as a Psychotherapeutic Approach? 

Figure 2 | Default Mode Network, Meditation, and Age-Associated Brain Changes: What Can We Learn from the Impact of Mental Training on Well-Being as a Psychotherapeutic Approach? 