The COVID-19 pandemic uprooted economies, infected millions, and altered behaviors. Yet,
the invisible nature of the disease, paralleled symptoms to the common flu, and …

It is well recognized throughout the history that religiosity, spirituality and the meditation
practice have significant effects to the physical and mental health. Hence, this paper …

Despite extensive research on various types of meditation, research on the neural correlates
of religious chanting is in a nascent stage. Using multi-modal electrophysiological and …

Introduction This study examines the state and trait effects of short-term mindfulness-based
stress reduction (MBSR) training using convolutional neural networks (CNN) based deep …

Introduction: Brain oscillations facilitate interaction within the brain network and between the
brain and heart activities, and the alpha wave, as a prominent brain oscillation, plays a …

COVID-19 pandemic has radically impacted and altered the lives of billions of people
around the world. Due to strict government policies, most individuals now find themselves …

Various Buddhist practices promote virtuous behavior and human flourishing at the
individual and community levels. This chapter examines a host of such traditions, practices …

Contemplative technologies in the form of Buddhist practices that challenge the sense of self
and thereby enhance the experience of interrelationality are viable strategies for addressing …

Introduction During hard times, religious chanting/praying is widely practiced to cope with
negative or stressful emotions. While the underlying neural mechanism has not been …

Emotion regulation is essential for healthy living. Previous studies have found that mental
training such as compassion meditation could help with emotion regulation. However, the …