Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
February 11, 2025
Christina Maher, Lea Tortolero, Soyeon Jun et al.
7 citations
Meditation is an accessible mental practice associated with emotional regulation and well-being. Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a specific subtype of meditative practice, involves focusing one's attention on thoughts of well-being for oneself and others. Meditation has been proven to be beneficial in a variety of settings, including therapeutic applications, but the neural activity...
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
December 1, 2024
Daniel D Cummins, Zac Schulman, Christina Maher et al.
Mind-wandering is a pervasive human brain state and, when in excess, may promote negative affect and neuropsychiatric conditions. Mindfulness meditation may promote alternate brain states, improving affect and reducing stress. An understanding of the neural basis between these brain states could thus advance treatment of neuropsychiatric conditions, including those associated with epilepsy. To...
bioRxiv Preprint Server
May 10, 2024
Christina Maher, Lea Tortolero, Daniel D Cummins et al.
1 citation
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Meditation is an accessible mental practice associated with emotional regulation and well-being. Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a specific sub-type of meditative practice, involves focusing one’s attention on thoughts of well-being for oneself and others. Meditation has been proven to be beneficial in a variety of settings, including therapeutical applications, but the neural activity...
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
November 1, 2023
Adam Saad, Lea Tortelero, Sloane Sheldon et al.
1 citation
Objective: Responsive neurostimulation (RNS) is a surgical intervention to reduce the frequency of seizures as an adjunctive therapy for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Presurgical neuropsychological evaluations capture symptoms of anxiety and depression, which occur in higher rates within the epilepsy population than in the general population; however, the effects of mood are...