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Meditation affects word recognition of meditation novices [PDF]

open access: yesPsychological Research, 2021
AbstractThis work represents one of the first attempts to examine the effects of meditation on the processing of written single words. In the present longitudinal study, participants conducted a lexical decision task and rated the affective valence of nouns before and after a 7-week class in mindfulness meditation, loving-kindness meditation, or a ...
Larissa Lusnig   +2 more
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Individual Differences in the Change of Attentional Functions With Brief One-Time Focused Attention and Open Monitoring Meditations

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Mindfulness meditation is increasingly used for clinical treatment and to improve well-being. One of the most fundamental benefits of mindfulness meditation is now considered as enhanced attentional control.
Masaru Tanaka   +9 more
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Evaluation of facial temperature distribution changes during meditation using infrared thermal imaging: An experimental, cross-over study

open access: yesJournal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, 2023
Objective: To investigate the differences between meditation and resting states using infrared thermal imaging (IRTI) to determine facial temperature distribution features during meditation and annotate the patterns of facial temperature changes during ...
Raoying Wang   +9 more
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A Literature Review on Mantra Meditation

open access: yesMedical and Health Science Journal, 2023
Objective: Meditation has gained popularity in modern times as an adjunctive of therapeutic treatment. This study aimed to study meditation and use of mantra meditation in application of health problems.
Ravi Saini, Jitender Sorout
doaj   +1 more source

The meditative mind: a comprehensive meta-analysis of MRI studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Over the past decade mind and body practices, such as yoga and meditation, have raised interest in different scientific fields; in particular, the physiological mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects observed in meditators have been investigated ...
Boccia, Maddalena   +3 more
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Self development through scientific spirituality

open access: yesDev Sanskriti: Interdisciplinary International Journal, 2013
In modern scientific age everything including the traditional spiritual practices get accepted only after proper evidence or logic is provided. Ācārya Śrīrām Śarmā had proposed scientific spirituality for evolution of every person; this contains four ...
PRAVIN KUMAR
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Processes and Dynamics of Mystical Contemplative Meditation: Some Christian-Buddhist Parallels in Relation to Transpersonal Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper explores Christian contemplative meditation, focusing on the prayer of Recollection as it is developed especially by Evelyn Underhill and St. Teresa of Avila. It outlines the practice and explores possible theoretical and therapeutic dynamics,
Stoeber, Michael
core   +1 more source

Meditation and Metacontrol [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2017
In addition to longer-term engagement in meditation, the past years have seen an increasing interest in the impact of single bouts of meditation on cognition. In this hypothesis and theory article, we adopt the distinction between focused-attention meditation (FAM) and open-monitoring meditation (OMM) and argue that these different types of meditation ...
Hommel, B., Colzato, L.
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Influence of Mediation on Estate Planning Decisions: Evidence from Indian Survey Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Intestate death can lead to the distribution of assets against the personal wishes of the deceased and is a problem in India, as 80% of Indians die without making a last will.
Gill, Amarjit   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Differential Effects of Focused Attention and Open Monitoring Meditation on Autonomic Cardiac Modulation and Cortisol Secretion

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2021
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been used widely as a useful tool for the alleviation of various stress-related symptoms. However, the effects of MBIs on stress-related physiological activity have not yet been ascertained.
Yuuki Ooishi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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