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Matthew D. Sacchet
MeditationMajor Depressive DisorderBrainPsychiatryCognitive NeuroscienceNeuroimagingCognitive PsychologyConsciousnessMindfulnessAdvanced meditation
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ACAM-J-MARS: Multi-Atlas Riemannian Spectral Representations for Decoding Advanced Meditation States from fMRI
with Jian Wang, Winson F. Z. Yang, Wugeng Zheng
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Preprints & journals
186 papers in the corpus · 2012–2026Conceptualizing Cognitive Growth and Release: Integrating Adult Development into Contemplative Science5nruf_v1 · Tom Murray, Thomas McConkie, Matthew Sacchet2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Facilitating Meditation with Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: A Sham-Controlled Crossover Study in Long-Term and Novice Meditators6gjdp_v1 · Joshua Cain, Micah Johnson, Amirvala Tavakoli et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
The art of permeability: A computational distinction between depersonalisation and advanced meditationmn6v2_v1 · Fedal Saini, Hagar Tal, Ruben Eero Laukkonen et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Metacognitive Skill Learning as a Mechanism of Advanced Meditationn58gy_v1 · Brendan Conway-Smith, Ruby Potash, Matthew Sacchet2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Toward an interdisciplinary mind science of advanced meditation.42716834 · Lieberman, Jonathan M, Sacchet, Matthew D2026 · 0 citationsTrends in cognitive sciences. 2026
A Systematic Review of Effects of Long-Term and Advanced Meditation on Mental Health: Psychiatric Symptoms, Stress, and Challenging Eventszve4w_v1 · Terje Sparby, Jerron Chan, Oliver Andersson Hugemark et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Neuronal criticality as a framework for the computational neurophenomenology of advanced meditationz4sbv_v1 · Jan Erik Bellingrath, Remko van Lutterveld, Michael Lifshitz et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Brain criticality and advanced meditation "cessation" events: An intensively sampled electroencephalography case study.42571339 · van Lutterveld, Remko, Cahaly, Thomas, van Herk, Lukas et al.2026 · 5 citationsIBRO neuroscience reports. 2026;21:375-385
Multi-System Brain-Body Mechanisms of Mental Health in Long-Term Meditation: Toward a Science of Advanced Meditationjw7ze_v2 · Idil Sezer, Terje Sparby, Kamlesh Chalise et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Meditation and neurofeedback: A systematic scoping review, synthesis, and future directions.42368743 · Tal, Hagar, Yang, Winson F Z, Sacchet, Matthew D2026 · 1 citationImaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.). 2026;4
Decomposing neuroanatomical heterogeneity in depression: insights from an ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group study in 5146 individuals.42337246 · Sempach, Lukas, Ulrich, Sarah, Bauduin, Stéphanie E E C et al.2026 · 0 citationsTranslational psychiatry. 2026;16(1)
Meditative Development and Psychological Adverse Effects, Challenging, Unpleasant, and Negative Experiences: A Phenomenological Study of Advanced Meditators9n845_v2 · Sebastian Ehmann, Terje Sparby, Vanessa Naughton et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Defining Advanced Meditation A Conceptual Foundation for a Comprehensive Contemplative Science beyond Mindfulness Meditation, Basic Meditation, and Other Non-Meditative Consciousness-Altering Practicescgurt_v1 · Terje Sparby, Brian Toomey, Malcolm Wright et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
A Systematic Review of the Effects of Long-Term and Advanced Meditation on Well-Being, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Relationshipss4vzr_v2 · Terje Sparby, Vanessa Naughton, Batool Abbasi et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Neuroanatomical dimensions in recent-onset depression: clinical profiles, inflammatory markers, and proteomic ageing10.64898/2026.06.01.26354320v1 · Lalousis, P. A., Moles, L., Antoniades, M. et al.2026 · 0 citationsmedRxiv
Processes of embodied sense-making and integration in challenging experiences of advanced meditation – A reflexive thematic analysis of destabilization, rigidification, and social negotiation8pgb7_v1 · Oliver Andersson Hugemark, Terje Sparby, Andrea Grabovac et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Extending the Scientific Study of Advanced Meditation Across Contemplative Traditions to Sufism within Islam: A Comparison Case of Self-Attenuation including Theravāda Buddhism and Tibetan Dzogchenwjnuc_v1 · Asiya Gul, Sebastian Ehmann, Catherine Prueitt et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Bodily Awareness in Advanced Meditation: A Three-Level Model of Interoceptive, Schematic, and Pacificatory Changesutgjp_v1 · Jes H. Golden, Terje Sparby, Matthew Sacchet2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Volitional Meditative Absorption States in an Advanced Yogic Practitioner: A Neurophenomenological EEG Studyj9vqh_v1 · Chuong Ngo, Lionel Newman, Monika Stasytytė et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Advanced meditation, sleep, and consciousness science: An emerging frontier.42105825 · Bonamino, Clarita, Hausen, Clara, Sacchet, Matthew D2026 · 1 citationNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 2026;187:106741
Neurophysiological Correlates of Neuroanatomical Dimensions in Major Depressive Disorder: Electroencephalographic Markers of Brain Function and Treatment Outcome.42494826 · Xiao, Wenyi, Woodham, Rachel D, Antoniades, Mathilde et al.2026 · 0 citationsBiological psychiatry global open science. 2026;6(5):100750
The functional neuroimaging of meditation: A quantitative whole-brain meta-analysis and systematic review.42049104 · Baten, Caitlin, Keller, Arielle S, Miller, Chris H et al.2026 · 1 citationNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 2026;186:106709
Selfing without a self: The missing dimension of identification in computational accounts of selfhoodysqf4_v1 · Shawn Prest, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Yair Dor-Ziderman et al.2026 · 0 citationsPsyArXiv
Age-dependent acceleration of structural brain aging in medication-free major depressive disorder linked to neuroanatomical phenotype findings from COORDINATE-MDD consortium.42006788 · Sharma, Bhanu, Ballester, Pedro L, Minuzzi, Luciano et al.2026 · 0 citationsmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2026
Cortical morphometry might predict currently prescribed vs. discontinued medications in bipolar disorder, even after controlling for the cumulative dose effects: An ENIGMA mega-analysis.41896364 · Fortea, Lydia, Rivas-Fernández, Miguel Ángel, Solanes, Aleix et al.2026 · 2 citationsMolecular psychiatry. 2026;31(8):4418-4432
The neuroscience of advanced meditation: The promise of third wave meditation research.41887215 · Sacchet, Matthew D, Lieberman, Jonathan M2026 · 4 citationsNeuron. 2026;114(9):1545-1550
Digital Intervention for Psychedelic Preparation (DIPP): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial comparing meditation- and music-based programmes in healthy volunteers.41819589 · McAlpine, Rosalind, Jaglinska, Magdalena, Jedlovszky, Krisztina et al.2026 · 1 citationBMJ open. 2026;16(3):e107512
Meditation-related psychological adverse effects, challenging, unpleasant, and negative experiences: Toward the safe dissemination and practice of advanced meditation2cgs3_v2 · Oliver Andersson Hugemark, Vanessa Naughton, Karen Vasquez-Avila et al.2026 · 1 citationPsyArXiv
Childhood Maltreatment and Deviations From Normative Brain Structure: A Mega-Analysis of 3711 Individuals From the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder and ENIGMA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Working Groups.41791639 · Wang, Haley R, Liu, Zhen-Qi, Pozzi, Elena et al.2026 · 4 citationsBiological psychiatry. 2026;100(6):648-661
Ketamine pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder: A narrative review.41765199 · Miller, Chris H, Hickman, Angela, Baten, Caitlin et al.2026 · 3 citationsProgress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry. 2026;145:111651
Machine Learning-Based Classification of Jhana Advanced Concentrative Absorption Meditation Using 7 Tesla Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging2602.13008v2 · Puneet Kumar, Winson F. Z. Yang, Alakhsimar Singh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Exploring the Interface of Meditation and Psychedelics: A Qualitative Analysis of Experienced Practitioners’ Perspectives on Psychedelic Preparationp2qcb_v1 · Mia Riedel, Rosalind McAlpine, Terje Sparby et al.2026 · 1 citationPsyArXiv
The Insight Development Process: A Theoretical Framework for Stages of Advanced Insight Meditation89phr_v2 · Andrea Grabovac, Nickolas Grabovac, Winson F.Z. Yang et al.2026 · 2 citationsPsyArXiv
Individualized Subcortical Functional Brain Organization Is Related to Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Behavior in Major Depressive Disorder.41548871 · Keshava, Poorvi, Potash, Ruby M, Walsh, Shane W et al.2026 · 0 citationsBiological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging. 2026;11(6):719-727
Psychotropic medications and their interactions with subcortical brain volume in bipolar disorder: An ENIGMA mega-analysis.41540091 · King, Sinead, O'Connor, John, Corley, Emma et al.2026 · 2 citationsMolecular psychiatry. 2026;31(5):2941-2953
Major Depressive Disorder in Youth and Adults: A Quantitative Whole-Brain Meta-Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies.41539354 · Baten, Caitlin, Zamora, Gladys, Klassen, Amanda M et al.2026 · 0 citationsBiological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging. 2026;11(6):711-718
Adult development, meditation, wisdom, and unlearning: Toward a science of advanced meditation97h8z_v3 · Tom Murray, Thomas McConkie, Matthew Sacchet2026 · 1 citationPsyArXiv
Active inference, computational phenomenology, and advanced meditation: Toward the formalization of the experience of meditation.41475512 · Tal, Hagar, Wright, Malcolm, Prest, Shawn et al.2026 · 8 citationsNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 2026;182:106539
Innovations in Meta-Analytic and Computational Methods in the Neuroscientific Investigation of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders.41440119 · Miller, Chris H, Farrer, Thomas J, Moore, Jonathan D et al.2025 · 0 citationsBrain sciences. 2025;15(12)
Reimagining pain as an allostatic imperative: perspectives from contemplative traditions.41377910 · Prueitt, Catherine, Sezer, Idil, Sacchet, Matthew D2025 · 1 citationNeuroscience of consciousness. 2025;2025(1):niaf049
Toward a neuroscience of consciousness using advanced meditation.41380790 · Lieberman, Jonathan M, Sacchet, Matthew D2026 · 2 citationsNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 2026;181:106520
Mental Health, Well-Being, and Meditative Development: A Phenomenological Study of Advanced Meditatorsxjbyn_v1 · Sebastian Ehmann, Terje Sparby, Vanessa Naughton et al.2025 · 1 citationPsyArXiv
Meditative absorption shifts brain dynamics toward criticality2511.20990v1 · Jonas Mago, Joshua Brahinsky, Mark Miller et al.2025 · 2 citationsarXiv
Toward a Scientific Model of Meditative Endpoints (MEND). Extremes of Human Experience and Development and the Case of Nirvanata3gn_v1 · Terje Sparby, Matthew Sacchet2025 · 2 citationsPsyArXiv
Attention and meditative development: A review and synthesis of long-term meditators and outlook for the study of advanced meditation.41270843 · Ehmann, Sebastian, Sezer, Idil, Keller, Arielle S et al.2025 · 5 citationsNeuroImage. 2025;323:121602
Neuroanatomical dimensions in major depression linked to cognition, adverse life events, self-harm, metabolomics and genetics.41258534 · Xiao, Wenyi, Woodham, Rachel D, Cui, Yuhan et al.2025 · 6 citationsCommunications medicine. 2025;5(1):502
The neuroscience of highly stable, positive, and refined states of consciousness during jhana-type advanced concentration absorption meditation (ACAM-J).41292740 · Yang, Winson F Z, Potash, Ruby, Mackin, Grace et al.2025 · 1 citationbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025
Regional brain morphology and current antidepressant use: findings from 32 international cohorts from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group.41184571 · Serrarens, Chaira, Toenders, Yara J, Pozzi, Elena et al.2025 · 3 citationsMolecular psychiatry. 2025;30(12):5625-5636
Framework for the Systematic Quantified Training of Meditation across Meditative Developmentyc9jz_v2 · Sebastian Ehmann, Terje Sparby, Daniel M. Ingram et al.2025 · 3 citationsPsyArXiv
Meditative absorption shifts brain dynamics toward criticality2hjq6_v2 · Jonas Mago, Joshua Brahinsky, Mark Miller et al.2025 · 1 citationPsyArXiv
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