Comparative Analysis of Depth of Meditation Between Long-Term and Short Term Meditators using Electroencephalography
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Physiology December 30, 2019 Dipti Magan, Raj Kumar Yadav, Kishore Kumar Deepak 7 citations
Long-term meditators (practicing preksha meditation for more than five years, at least five days a week) and short-term meditators (after a 10-day yoga-based lifestyle intervention) show distinct patterns of alpha and theta brainwave activity during meditation compared to their own baseline, and also differ from each other and from non-meditating controls at baseline. The study recorded 40 minutes of EEG on day 0 and day 10 in 34 male, right-handed participants. These differences may help define EEG features that distinguish meditators based on practice duration and meditation depth.