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Mary K. Rothbart

2 papers in the library · 1,585 citations · publishing 2007-2019

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Frontal theta activity and white matter plasticity following mindfulness meditation

Current Opinion in Psychology April 18, 2019 Yi-Yuan Tang, R. Tang, Mary K. Rothbart et al.

Both brain alpha and theta power have been examined in the mindfulness meditation literature and suggested as key biological signatures that potentially facilitate a successful meditative state. However, the exact role of how alpha and theta waves contribute to the initiation and maintenance of a meditative state remains elusive. In this perspective paper, we discuss the role of frontal midline...

Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences October 11, 2007 Yi-Yuan Tang, Yinghua Ma, Junhong Wang et al. 1,585 citations

Recent studies suggest that months to years of intensive and systematic meditation training can improve attention. However, the lengthy training required has made it difficult to use random assignment of participants to conditions to confirm these findings. This article shows that a group randomly assigned to 5 days of meditation practice with the integrative body-mind training method shows...