Automatic intuitions and deliberate reasoning, sourcing internal representations of our personal norms and values, contribute to our beliefs of what is right and wrong. We used fMRI to directly compare moral (M) and non-moral (NM) decision-making processes using scenarios requiring conscious deliberation, whereby the main character declared an intention to take a course of action. Furthermore,...
Objective: Studies suggest that theta activity can be modified by meditation techniques in healthy adults. Aftanas and Golocheikine (2001) report that during meditation, EEG patterns are characterised by increased theta power over anterior midline electrodes of both general theta and frontal midline theta processes (brainwave patterns). We propose a study to see whether meditation can modify...