What it means to be Zen: marked modulations of local and interareal synchronization during open monitoring meditation.
Neuroimage January 3, 2015 Anne Hauswald, Teresa Übelacker, Sabine Leske et al.
Experienced meditators are able to voluntarily modulate their state of consciousness and attention. In the present study, we took advantage of this ability and studied brain activity related to the shift of mental state. Electrophysiological activity, i.e. EEG, was recorded from 11 subjects with varying degrees of meditation experience during Zen meditation (a form of open monitoring...
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.065 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
Mindfulness
Humans
Electroencephalography
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