A study of different cognitive states for meditators and non-meditators with the use of multiple classification indices derived from the PSD of EEG data and lessons learned about cognitive states and the nature of intelligence in minds and machines.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience January 1, 2025 J J Joshua Davis, Florian Schübeler, Ian J. Kirk et al.
EEG signals from meditators and non-meditators across six conditions reveal distinct neurophysiological signatures when analyzed using Shannon Entropy, Pearson's Skewness, Total Power, and Dominant Frequency together, rather than one index at a time. These patterns suggest cognition is more than merely computational and may express deeper experiential states, raising questions about whether the human experience of meaning can be approached through objective methodologies. The findings invite a re-examination of scientific inquiry as both a pursuit of mechanistic regularities and a means of honoring the interplay between structure and meaning.