Tag: default mode network

Dysfunction in the brain’s default mode network has been linked to a large number of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Mindfulness is also associated with activity in this part of the brain. New research on bipolar disorder may shine a light on this complex relationship.

About 60 neurologists crowded (standing room only) around a small stage at the recent AAN meeting to learn about meditation—something that just a few years ago many would have dismissed as decidedly woowoo. Not only would they stay for the lecture, Meditation for the Practicing Neurologist, they would also stick around and participate in the…