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Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending: Categories to organize meditations from Vedic, Buddhist and Chinese traditions [PDF]
, 2010 This paper proposes a third meditation-category—automatic self-transcending— to extend the dichotomy of focused attention and open monitoring proposed by Lutz.
Shear, Jonathan, Travis, Fred
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Journal of Pineal Research, Volume 77, Issue 2, March 2025.ABSTRACT Growing evidence demonstrates that meditation practice supports cognitive functions, including attention and interoceptive processing, and is associated with structural changes across cortical networks, including prefrontal regions and the insula.
Emanuele R. G. Plini +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 ObjectiveTo develop a fine-grained phenomenological analysis of "pure awareness" experiences in meditators.MethodsAn online survey in five language versions (German, English, French, Spanish, Italian) collected data from January to March 2020. A total of
Alex Gamma, Thomas Metzinger
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A systematic review of the neurophysiology of mindfulness on EEG oscillations [PDF]
, 2015 Mindfulness meditation has been purported as a beneficial practice for wellbeing. It would be expected that the neurophysiology of mindfulness would reflect this impact on wellbeing.
Lomas, Tim +2 more
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Psychophysiology, Volume 62, Issue 2, February 2025.Abstract This study investigates the proposed mechanism of mindfulness, its impact on body awareness and interoception, and its potential benefits for mental and physical health. Using psychophysical assessments, we compared 31 expert meditators with 33 matched controls (non‐meditators who engage in regular reading, more than 5 h per week) in terms of ...
Maik Mylius +4 more
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AGNOSTIC MEDITATIONS ON BUDDHIST MEDITATION
Zygon, 2010 I first attempt a taxonomy of meditation in traditional Indian Buddhism. Based on the main psychological or somatic function at which the meditative effort is directed, the following classes can be distinguished: (1) emotion‐centered meditation ...
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Ekoji Buddhist Sangha: Insight Meditation Community of Richmond [PDF]
, 2015 Student perspectives on worship services from Instructor Jennifer Garvin-Sanchez\u27s Religious Studies 108 Human Spirituality course at Virginia Commonwealth ...
Hagin, Alexa
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The meditative mind: a comprehensive meta-analysis of MRI studies [PDF]
, 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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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 12, December 2024.ABSTRACT Buddhist Jhāna meditation and the Christian practice of speaking in tongues appear wildly distinct. These spiritual techniques differ in their ethical, theological, and historical frames and seem, from the outside, to produce markedly different states of consciousness—one a state of utter calm and the other of high emotional arousal.
Josh Brahinsky +4 more
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Mind–Body Health Technique : Its Creation, Transition, and Formalization
SAGE Open, 2020 Liu Zi Jue , a traditional mind–body health technique, is highly regarded and has been widely spread nowadays due to its easy learning, easy operation, and demonstrable physical and psychological therapeutic value.
Juan Shi, Rou-Jia Wang, Feng-yan Wang
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