Cortical thickness, mental absorption and meditative practice: Possible implications for disorders of attention

► Zen meditators report greater attentional absorption than controls. ► Grey matter thickness predicts subjective experience of attentional absorption. ► Regions associated with thinning in ADHD are thicker in participants with greater absorption. ► Meditators have thicker attention/executive cortices related to their training. ► Meditation may aid the symptoms of ADHD by bolstering cortical thickness.