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Karen Vasquez-Avila

2 papers in the library · publishing 2022-2026

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Meditation-related psychological adverse effects, challenging, unpleasant, and negative experiences: Toward the safe dissemination and practice of advanced meditation

PsyArXiv March 8, 2026 Oliver Andersson Hugemark, Vanessa Naughton, Karen Vasquez-Avila et al. preprint

Meditation research is increasingly moving beyond the study of health-related benefits toward the investigation of non-ordinary states of consciousness and ways of being that may arise through advanced meditative practice. Alongside potential benefits, however, intensive or advanced meditation has been associated with a higher incidence of meditation-related psychological adverse effects,...

Insights and Future Directions on the Combined Effects of Mind-Body Therapies with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: An Evidence-based Review.

The journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2022 Ingrid Rebello-Sanchez, Karen Vasquez-Avila, Joao Parente et al.

Mind-body therapies (MBTs) use mental abilities to modify electrical neural activity across brain networks. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that modulates neuronal membrane potentials to enhance neuroplasticity. A combination of these treatment strategies may generate synergistic or additive effects, and thus has been more commonly...