Using chills-inducing music to augment self-transcendence, emotional breakthrough, and psychological insight during mindfulness and loving kindness meditation.
Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Leonardo Christov-Moore, Félix Schoeller, Mathilda Von Guttenberg et al.
Non-pharmacologically induced altered states of consciousness that promote mental health and wellbeing are a growing focus of clinical and basic research. Previous work has revealed the mood-augmenting, belief-altering, and self-transcendent effects of aesthetic-chills-inducing audiovisual stimulation. The current study investigated how a guided loving kindness meditation (LKM) combined with...
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1589132 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
Non-ordinary states
Chills
Loving kindness
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