About the Authors

Heleen A Slagter

Affiliation Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Antoine Lutz

Affiliation Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Lawrence L Greischar

Affiliation Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Andrew D Francis

Affiliation Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sander Nieuwenhuis

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

James M Davis

Affiliation Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Richard J Davidson

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rjdavids@wisc.edu

Affiliation Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

HAS, AL, SN, and RJD designed the study. JMD taught the novices meditation. HAS, AL, and ADF were involved in data collection. HAS and LLG analyzed the data. HAS wrote the paper. All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript.