Meditation has increasingly been recognized as a helpful non-pharmacological intervention to treat psychological stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy-a period that plays a significant role in maternal and fetal health. Although very popular, there is very little scientific evidence on how brief audio meditation affects brain activity in pregnant women. This work reports an EEG-based...
Stress is a major problem in today's culture, especially for expectant mothers. Newer therapies that show promising avenues for the reduction of stress include sound therapy, yoga, mantra chanting, and meditation (M). Electroencephalography (EEG) electroencephalography plays an important role in understanding the relaxation effects caused by these practices. This study looks at the immediate...