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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
core   +1 more source

Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Work-related Wellbeing and Job Performance: A Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.
A Chiesa   +48 more
core   +2 more sources

Prevalence of meditation-related adverse effects in a population-based sample in the United States

open access: yesPsychotherapy Research, 2021
Objective: Meditation practice and meditation-based psychotherapies have become increasingly popular. Although psychological benefits associated with meditation are well-documented, potential risks are unclear.
Simon B. Goldberg   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficacy of the Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App “Calm” to Reduce Stress Among College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesJMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2019
Background College students experience high levels of stress. Mindfulness meditation delivered via a mobile app may be an appealing, efficacious way to reduce stress in college students.
J. Huberty   +5 more
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

Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources.

open access: yesJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2008
B. L. Fredrickson's (1998, 2001) broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions asserts that people's daily experiences of positive emotions compound over time to build a variety of consequential personal resources.
B. Fredrickson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transformation of the Linji School’s Perspective on Seated Meditation from Tang to Song Dynasties—From Negation to Returning of Seated Meditation

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This study first examines the developmental perspective on seated meditation from Bodhidharma 達摩 to the Linji 臨濟 school of the Tang Dynasty. During this dynasty, the Linji school followed the criticism of physical seated meditation by the Southern school
Jing-Jia Huang
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of mindfulness meditation on conscious and non-conscious components of the mind [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of the present review is to investigate previous studies concerning the effects of meditation and dispositional mindfulness on conscious and implicit or non-conscious attitudes.
Clarici, Andrea   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Common spatial pattern for classification of loving kindness meditation EEG for single and multiple sessions

open access: yesBrain Informatics, 2023
While a very few studies have been conducted on classifying loving kindness meditation (LKM) and non-meditation electroencephalography (EEG) data for a single session, there are no such studies conducted for multiple session EEG data.
Nalinda D. Liyanagedera   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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