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Meditation and the EEG [PDF]

Psychological Medicine, 1980
SYNOPSISPrevious research on meditation and the EEG is described, and findings relating to EEG patterns during meditation are discussed. Comparisons of meditation with other altered states are reviewed and it is concluded that, on the basis of existing EEG evidence, there is some reason for differentiating between meditation and drowsing.
West, Michael
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Meditation and Metacontrol [PDF]

Journal 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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Meditation and neurofeedback [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2013
Dating back as far as 1957, the academic investigation of meditation and the Asian contemplative traditions have fascinated not only the likes of philosophers and religious scholars, but researchers in the fields of neuroscience, psychology and medicine.
Tracy eBrandmeyer, Tracy eBrandmeyer, Arnaud eDelorme, Arnaud eDelorme, Arnaud eDelorme, Arnaud eDelorme   +5 more
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Psychoneuroimmunology of Meditation

Annals of Neurosciences, 2022
Background: Meditation is a conscious mental discipline, that has been implicated in the relaxation response. The mechanism behind such a relaxing effect is psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), based on the interaction between mind, physical health, and self-healing; that conceptualizes that stress and an individual’s ...
Dipti Magan, Raj Kumar Yadav
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Meditation and auditory attention: An ERP study of meditators and non-meditators [PDF]

International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2016
A recent meta-analysis emphasises that meditation can improve attention in healthy adults (Sedlmeier et al., 2012). The findings of a study by Cahn and Polich (2009) suggests that there is an effect of a meditative state on three event-related potential (ERP) brain markers of low-level auditory attention in expert meditators: the N1, the P2, and the ...
Britta Biedermann, Peter de Lissa, Yatin Mahajan, Vince Polito, Nicholas A Badcock, Michael H Connors, Lena Quinto, Linda Larsen, Genevieve M McArthur   +8 more
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Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for work-related wellbeing and job performance: a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
Due to its potential to concurrently improve work-related wellbeing (WRW) and job performance, occupational stakeholders are becoming increasingly interested in the applications of meditation.
Singh, NN, Singh, N.N., Nirbhay N. Singh, Griffiths, MD, Edo Shonin, Shonin, E., Van Gordon, W, Griffiths, M.D., Shonin, E, Dunn, T.J., Mark D. Griffiths, Dunn, TJ, William Van Gordon, Thomas J. Dunn, Van Gordon, W.   +14 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Eastern Christianity and Meditation

, 2021
Eastern Orthodox Christianity has developed a wide variety of theories and practices of meditation. Among these, this chapter covers the contemplation of sins, the recitation of the Jesus prayer, hesychasm, and the contemplation of Divine Light.
Hovorun, Cyril,
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Meditation-induced near-death experiences: a 3-year longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2018
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are life transformational events that are increasingly being subjected to empirical research. However, to date, no study has investigated the phenomenon of a meditation-induced near-death experience (MI-NDE) that is referred
Sheffield, David, Griffiths, MD, Edo Shonin, Dunn, Thomas J., Shonin, E., David Sheffield, Shonin, Edo, Van Gordon, W, Sheffield, D, Garcia-Campayo, J., Griffiths, M.D., Shonin, E, Garcia-Campayo, J, Dunn, T.J., Van Gordon, William, Javier Garcia-Campayo, Griffiths, Mark D., Mark D. Griffiths, Dunn, TJ, Sheffield, D., Garcia-Campayo, Javier, William Van Gordon, Thomas J. Dunn, Van Gordon, W.   +23 more
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Meditation increases the depth of information processing

, 2012
During meditation, practitioners are required to center their attention on a specific object for extended periods of time. When their thoughts get diverted, they learn to quickly disengage from the distracter.
Wolf eSinger, Singer, W. ; https://orcid.org/, Wolf Singer, Sara van Leeuwen, Singer, Wolf, Sara evan Leeuwen, Lucia eMelloni, Lucia Melloni, Leeuwen, Sara van, Melloni, Lucia, van Leeuwen, S., Melloni, L.   +11 more
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