Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
June 4, 2026
Elena Bondi, Flavia Carbone, Giandomenico Schiena et al.
Introduction: Affective disorders (ADs) are characterized by profound emotional processing deficits involving disrupted neural network activity and connectivity, particularly within the default mode network and fronto-temporal circuits, with abnormalities in theta and alpha oscillatory patterns. While current treatments primarily target mood symptoms, emotional processing impairments often...
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
March 7, 2024
Francesca Borghesi, Riccardo Cremascoli, Alice Chirico et al.
6 citations
A meditative 'technique' is conceived as a continuum of different affective states involving mind and body jointly. Meditative practices can involve cognitive effort (e.g., focused attention and open-minded techniques), as well as automatic and implicit practices (e.g., transcendental techniques). The NGALSO tantric self-healing meditation technique is a brief, comprehensive meditation...
Frontiers in Psychology
June 24, 2022
Alice Chirico, Marta Pizzolante, Alexandra Kitson et al.
58 citations
The concept of transformative experience (TE) has been widely explored by several disciplines from philosophy to neurobiology, and in different domains, from the spiritual to the educational one. This attitude has engendered heterogeneous models to explain this phenomenon. However, a consistent and clear understanding of this construct remains elusive. The aim of this work is to provide an...
Frontiers in Psychology
2021
Alexandra Kitson, Alice Chirico, Andrea Gaggioli et al.
1 citation
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Frontiers in Psychology
2020
Alexandra Kitson, Alice Chirico, Andrea Gaggioli et al.
Self-transcendence has been characterized as a decrease in self-saliency (ego disillusionment) and increased connection, and has been growing in research interest in the past decade. Several measures have been developed and published with some degree of psychometric validity and reliability. However, to date, there has been no review systematically describing, contrasting, and evaluating the...