Meditation is a specific consciousness state in which deep relaxation and increased
internalized attention coexist. There have been various neurophysiological studies on …

Meditation is the attainment of a restful yet fully alert physical and mental state practiced by
many as a self-regulatory approach to emotion management, but the psychophysiological …

Rising from its contemplative and spiritual traditions, the science of meditation has seen
huge growth over the last 30 years. This chapter reviews the classifications …

Experienced meditators are able to voluntarily modulate their state of consciousness and
attention. In the present study, we took advantage of this ability and studied brain activity …

Meditation, as taught by most schools of practice, consists of a set of heterogeneous
techniques. We wanted to assess if EEG profiles varied across different meditation …

Assigned 72 Ss (undergraduates and volunteer university employees) to 3 treatment groups:
Zen meditation, antimeditation (control), or no-treatment (control). Cells were balanced for …

Anxiety is the cognitive state related to the inability to control emotional responses to
perceived threats. Anxiety is inversely related to brain activity associated with the cognitive …

Meditation advances positivity but how these behavioral and psychological changes are
brought can be explained by understanding neurophysiological effects of meditation. In this …

Phenomenon of the heart rate variability (HRV) during various meditation techniques has
been reported. However, most of these techniques emphasized the skill of slow breathing (< …

Dating back as far as 1957, the academic investigation of meditation and the Asian
contemplative traditions have fascinated not only the likes of philosophers and religious …