bioRxiv Preprint Server
October 30, 2019
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Edna Furman-Haran, Rafael Malach et al.
2 citations
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Understanding the relationship between brain structure, function and self-reports has hardly been addressed until now in meditation research. Here we demonstrate such relationship, using Mindfulness meditation (MM). MM aims to reduce thought-related processes and enhance bodily awareness, thereby reducing identification with thought content and deconstructing maladaptive self-schema. We thus...
Data in brief
September 1, 2016
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Michal Harel, Avital Hahamy et al.
FMRI data described here was recorded during resting-state in Mindfulness Meditators (MM) and control participants (see "Task-induced activity and resting-state fluctuations undergo similar alterations in visual and DMN areas of long-term meditators" Berkovich-Ohana et al. (2016) [1] for details). MM participants were also scanned during meditation. Analyses focused on functional connectivity...
Neuroimage
July 15, 2016
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Michal Harel, Avital Hahamy et al.
Recently we proposed that the information contained in spontaneously emerging (resting-state) fluctuations may reflect individually unique neuro-cognitive traits. One prediction of this conjecture, termed the "spontaneous trait reactivation" (STR) hypothesis, is that resting-state activity patterns could be diagnostic of unique personalities, talents and life-styles of individuals. Long-term...
Brain and Behavior
July 1, 2015
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Meytal Wilf, Roni Kahana et al.
Mantra (prolonged repetitive verbal utterance) is one of the most universal mental practices in human culture. However, the underlying neuronal mechanisms that may explain its powerful emotional and cognitive impact are unknown. In order to try to isolate the effect of silent repetitive speech, which is used in most commonly practiced Mantra meditative practices, on brain activity, we studied...