increased rational decision-making

Research report released today (done by Ulrich Kirk and others)

Summary: when assessing unfairness, meditators activate a different network of brain areas compared with controls enabling them to uncouple negative emotional reactions from their behavior.

These findings highlight the clinically and socially important possibility that sustained training in mindfulness meditation may impact distinct domains of human decision-making.

Frontiers: Original Research -Interoception drives increased rational decision-making in meditators playing the Ultimatum Game.