ObjectivesSelf-transcendent and non-dual states of awareness are increasingly investigated in research on mechanisms underpinning contemplative practices and their mental health applications. This study presents initial validation of a new measure of such states - Inventory of Modes of Existential Awareness (IMEA) - based on a typology of 15 distinct self-transcendent states - modes of...
Abstract Objectives A positive association between trait mindfulness and cognitive reappraisal has previously been found. Using event-related potentials (ERPs), we investigated the impact of an 8-week MBSR course on early and late stages of emotion regulation using mindfulness and reappraisal. Methods Participants were allocated into an 8-week MBSR training group (n = 14 for task reports and...
Psychophysiological research on meditation examines modulations in brain and body physiology resulting from, or associated with, meditation. This chapter considers the available evidence regarding the effects of meditation on psychophysiological markers, including frontal electroencephalography (EEG) alpha asymmetry, event-related brain potentials (ERPs), heart-rate variability (HRV) and its...
Our understanding of the effects of meditations developing existential insight is very limited. This chapter provides an in-depth examination of this type of meditation, starting with an overview of insight practice categories and conceptualizations. Neuroscientific evidence relevant to existential insight practices is discussed in four categories: attentional foundations of existential...