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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
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

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 benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices during times of crisis such as COVID-19

open access: yesIrish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2020
Meditation and mindfulness are practices that can support healthcare professionals, patients, carers and the general public during times of crisis such as the current global pandemic caused by COVID-19.
C. Behan
semanticscholar   +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

Brain education-based meditation for patients with hypertension and/or type 2 diabetes

open access: yesMedicine, 2019
Background: Hypertension and type 2 diabetes are chronic diseases, which generally require lifetime care. Meditation and yoga can be complementary to pharmacological therapies according to the scientific evidences so far. Brain education-based meditation
Seung-ho Lee   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ZenVR: Design Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Learning System for Meditation

open access: yesInternational Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2022
Meditation has become a popular option to manage stress. Though studies examine technologies to assist in meditation, few explore how technology supports development of such skills for independent practice.
R. Feinberg   +3 more
semanticscholar   +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.
openaire   +3 more sources

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