Evaluating Brain Activity in Response to Short Meditation Stimuli Using R-Score, Electroencephalography, and Neural Networks.
Annals of Neurosciences October 17, 2025 Daisy Das, Nabamita Deb, Rita Rani Talukdar et al.
Short audio interventions can induce relaxation in pregnant women, as measured by EEG brain activity. A new classification model combining EEG data with an artificial neural network achieved 100% accuracy in identifying meditative states during mantra meditation, particularly using signals from the frontal midline, right frontal lobe, and parietal lobe. The study emphasizes that EEG readings during meditation are more significant than those after meditation, and it offers insights into trimester-specific responses to brief audio stimuli, suggesting such interventions may be useful for stress reduction in prenatal care.