Investigating the phenomenological matrix of mindfulness-related practices from a neurocognitive perspective.

A Lutz, AP Jha, JD Dunne, CD Saron - American Psychologist, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
There has been a great increase in literature concerned with the effects of a variety of mental
training regimes that generally fall within what might be called contemplative practices, and …

A systematic review of the neurophysiology of mindfulness on EEG oscillations

T Lomas, I Ivtzan, CHY Fu - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Mindfulness meditation has been purported to be a beneficial practice for wellbeing. It would
therefore be expected that the neurophysiology of mindfulness would reflect this impact on …

Effects of mindful-attention and compassion meditation training on amygdala response to emotional stimuli in an ordinary, non-meditative state

G Desbordes, LT Negi, TWW Pace… - Frontiers in human …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The amygdala has been repeatedly implicated in emotional processing of both positive and
negative-valence stimuli. Previous studies suggest that the amygdala response to emotional …

[HTML][HTML] State-dependent alpha peak frequency shifts: Experimental evidence, potential mechanisms and functional implications

A Mierau, W Klimesch, J Lefebvre - neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Neural populations produce complex oscillatory patterns thought to implement brain
function. The dominant rhythm in the healthy adult human brain is formed by alpha …

EEG based interpretation of human brain activity during yoga and meditation using machine learning: A systematic review

P Kora, K Meenakshi, K Swaraja, A Rajani… - … therapies in clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The present investigation is to study the impact of yoga and meditation on Brain
waves concerning physical and mental health. There are mainly three stages (steps) in the …

Mindfulness in cultural context

LJ Kirmayer - Transcultural psychiatry, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Mindfulness meditation and other techniques drawn from Buddhism have increasingly been
integrated into forms of psychotherapeutic intervention. In much of this work, mindfulness is …

Awakening is not a metaphor: the effects of Buddhist meditation practices on basic wakefulness

WB Britton, JR Lindahl, BR Cahn… - Annals of the New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Buddhist meditation practices have become a topic of widespread interest in both science
and medicine. Traditional Buddhist formulations describe meditation as a state of relaxed …

A critical analysis on characterizing the meditation experience through the electroencephalogram

CS Deolindo, MW Ribeiro, MA Aratanha… - Frontiers in systems …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Meditation practices, originated from ancient traditions, have increasingly received attention
due to their potential benefits to mental and physical health. The scientific community invests …

Network analysis for the visualization and analysis of qualitative data.

JJ Pokorny, A Norman, AP Zanesco… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
We present a novel manner in which to visualize the coding of qualitative data that enables
representation and analysis of connections between codes using graph theory and network …

[HTML][HTML] The EEG spectral properties of meditation and mind wandering differ between experienced meditators and novices

J Rodriguez-Larios, EABM de Oca, K Alaerts - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous literature suggests that individuals with meditation training become less distracted
during meditation practice. In this study, we assess whether putative differences in the …