Enhanced dehydroepiandrosterone levels are positively correlated with N3 sleep stage in long-term mindfulness meditation practitioners [PDF]
Sleep Science, 2022 Objectives: Meditation practices positively influence the neural, hormonal and autonomic systems. We have demonstrated that long-term practice of mindfulness meditation increases N3 and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stages and bring efficient autonomic ...
Ravindra P. Nagendra +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 AimRapid eye movement (REM) sleep, non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, and sleep spindles are all implicated in the consolidation of procedural memories.
Elizaveta Solomonova +2 more
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Meditation (Vipassana) and the P3a event-related brain potential [PDF]
International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2009 A three-stimulus auditory oddball series was presented to experienced Vipassana meditators during meditation and a control thought period to elicit event-related brain potentials (ERPs) in the two different mental states. The stimuli consisted of a frequent standard tone (500 Hz), an infrequent oddball tone (1000 Hz), and an infrequent distracter ...
B Rael Cahn
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Beyond mindfulness: how Buddhist meditation transforms consciousness through distinct psychological pathways [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBuddhist meditation, encompassing practices such as Samatha (focused attention), Vipassana (open monitoring), and Metta (loving-kindness), offers unique pathways for transforming consciousness beyond conventional mindfulness.
Cheng Wang
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Diabetes Management in Patients With Dementia: A Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Staff Confidence, Understanding, and Patient Care [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims: This quality improvement project (QIP) aimed to improve nursing staff confidence and understanding of diabetes/management by 40% by the end of February 2024, taking place on a dementia intensive care ward in South East London.
Vipassana Bajracharya +4 more
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The Lived Experiences of Experienced Vipassana Mahasi Meditators: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis [PDF]
Mindfulness, 2018 Research into the effects and mechanisms of mindfulness training draws predominantly on quantitative research. There is a lack of understanding about the subjective experiences of experienced mindfulness meditators, which may provide additional insights ...
Çimen Ekici +2 more
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Vipassana meditation: A naturalistic, preliminary observation in Muscat
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2001 Objectives: To assess the effects of Vipassana meditation on the physical and psychological health in a multi-ethnic population in the city of Muscat. Method: The subjects were participants of a Vipassana meditation course taught in a ten-day residential
Ala’Aldin Al-Hussaini +7 more
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Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations [PDF]
e-cadernos ces, 2010 The present proliferation of alternative and non-western practices challenges the way how modern selves are enacted, the distinction between ancient and contemporary, and obliges us to rethink the ways our bodies and minds are produced.
António Carvalho
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Thoughtseeds: A Hierarchical and Agentic Framework for Investigating Thought Dynamics in Meditative States [PDF]
EntropyThe Thoughtseeds Framework introduces a novel computational approach to modeling thought dynamics in meditative states, conceptualizing thoughtseeds as dynamic attentional agents that integrate information.
Prakash Chandra Kavi +3 more
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The role of silence in the production of social order in meditation (on the example of vipassana)
RUDN journal of Sociology, 2023 The article considers silence as the most important component of vipassana (meditation technique from early Buddhism) as it is taught in the tradition of S.N. Goenka.
A. K. Spirkina
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