Pastoral Psychology
May 28, 2026
Joanna Różycka‐Tran, Stanisław Radoń, Marcin Wnuk
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the dynamics of the bioelectrical brain activity of monks and nuns during Zen meditation in their natural monastic environment. The participants were practitioners residing in two Vietnamese Zen monasteries: Truc Lam Tay Thien ( N = 7) and Truc Lam Thuong Chieu Buddhist Academy ( N = 6). The measurements were carried out using...
Biological Psychology
October 1, 2025
Magdalena Kurek, Joanna Różycka‐Tran, Stanisław Radoń et al.
3 citations
This study investigated the bioelectric brain activity associated with Zen meditation in an ecologically valid monastic setting, comparing experienced Zen practitioners with non-meditating controls. The experimental group consisted of Vietnamese monks from Truc Lam Tay Thien and Truc Lam Thuong Chieu monasteries, while the control group comprised non-practitioners. EEG data were collected using...
Religions
April 14, 2025
Joanna Różycka‐Tran, Khanh Huu Truong, Klaudia T. Bochniarz et al.
2 citations
(1) Background: Meditation, originally stemming from the Buddhist tradition, has been the subject of extensive psychological research, with a growing body of literature exploring its effects on various mental and physical health aspects. (2) Methods: This article consists of two studies conducted in two Vietnamese Buddhist Monasteries. Study 1 investigated brain activity during Zen meditation...
Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio J – Paedagogia-Psychologia
August 20, 2018
Stanisław Radoń
The human brain can be modelled as a complex network, and may have a small-world structure both at the level of anatomical as well as functional connectivity (optimal organization of different brain network associated with rapid information propagation, minimal wiring costs, as well as a balance between local processing and global integration) in which activity of Default Mode Network play...
Studia Psychologica Theoria et praxis
February 21, 2018
Stanisław Radoń
8 citations
Celem artykułu była prezentacja i sprawdzenie wartości psychometrycznej Fryburskiego inwentarza uważności (FIU-14; Wallach, Buchheld, Buttenmüller, Kleinknecht, Schmidt, 2006), który służy do pomiaru nasilenia uważności (analiza rzetelności, konfirmacyjna analiza czynnikowa, analiza korelacji z innymi testami mierzącymi różne cechy psychologiczne: neurotyzm, stabilność emocjonalną, poziom...
Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio J – Paedagogia-Psychologia
July 11, 2017
Stanisław Radoń
Neuropsychological findings suggest that mindfulness state (meditation state) can be shown as higher state of consciousness, which differs from relaxation state (requires much more energy) and alertness (domination of parasympathetic activation). At the higher level of meditation (low demand for energy), there occur increased activation of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), left insula and...