Skin Conductance Feedback Meditation: Evaluation of a Novel Physiology-Assisted Meditation Style
Complementary Medicine Research January 1, 2018 Thilo Hinterberger, Felicitas Baierlein, Natalie Breitenbach
A novel meditation method using real-time skin conductance feedback (SCFM) was tested against ordinary mindfulness meditation (MM) in 30 participants (15 experts, 15 non-meditators) over 6 sessions in 3 days. After SCFM sessions, 78.3% felt more integrated and connected, 84.2% more calm and balanced, and 50% vitalized, while 5% or fewer felt agitated or depressed. SCFM was not significantly different from MM. The positive effect of SCFM correlated positively with mindfulness self-ratings. The method appears viable for satisfying, consciousness-expanding meditation.