publications

For the full list of ~40 publications visit my google scholar

Recommended:

  1. Laukkonen, R. E., & Chandaria, S. (2025). A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106296
  2. Laukkonen, R. E., & Slagter, H. A. (2021). From many to (n)one: Meditation and the plasticity of the predictive mind. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.021
  3. Laukkonen, R. E. (2026). Clear Mind: Meditation and the Brain’s Signal-to-Noise Ratio. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.29698
  4. Laukkonen, R. E, Krier, S., Bakalar, C., Chandaria, S., Kringelbach, M., Elwood, A., … & Rao, A. (2026). Positive alignment: Artificial intelligence for human flourishing. arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.10310.
  5. Laukkonen, R. E., Inglis, F., Chandaria, S., Sandved-Smith, L., Lopez-Sola, E., Hohwy, J., Gold, J., Elwood, A. (2025). Contemplative Superalignment. Artificial General Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00686-8_31
  6. Laukkonen, R. E., Dr., Webb, M. E., Salvi, C., Tangen, J. M., Slagter, H. A., & Schooler, J. (2023). Insight and the selection of ideas. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105363
  7. Laukkonen, R. E., Sacchet, M. D., Barendregt, H.., Devaney, K. D., Chowdhury, A., Slagter, H. A. (2023). Cessations of consciousness in meditation: Advancing a scientific understanding of nirodha samāpatti. Progress in Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2022.12.007
  8. McGovern, H., Grimmer, H. J., Doss, M., Hutchinson, B., Timmermann, C., Lyon, A., … Laukkonen, R. E. (2024). An Integrated theory of false insights and beliefs under psychedelics. Commun Psychol. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00120-6
  9. Laukkonen, R., Inglis, F., Chandaria, S., Sandved-Smith, L., Lopez-Sola, E., Hohwy, J., … & Elwood, A. (2025). Contemplative Artificial Intelligence. https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15125
  10. Nath, M., Reggente, N., Bailey, N., Kringelbach, M. L., & Laukkonen, R. E. (2026). Meditation depth enhances the functional signal-to-noise ratio of the brain. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.30.735351
  11. Deco, G., Sanz Perl, Y., Vohryzek, J., Garcia-Guzman, E., Greenstein, N., Pizzagalli, D. A., Laukkonen, R. E, Chandaria, S., & Kringelbach, M. L. (2026). A canary in the mind: A single baseline brain scan predicts adolescent depression and anxiety one year later. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.08.26355206