Meditation affects neuroplasticity through synaptic pathways, prefrontal–limbic regulation, autonomic and biochemical systems. Randomized or controlled meditation interventions with at least one neuroplasticity related outcome published from January 2018 to April 2025 were included. Data extraction and synthesis were performed independently and combined by random-effects model. Eight studies...
Dear Sir, ‘There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep’ Homer, the Odyssey. A recent systemic review of an aggregated data from 35 empirical studies (N=36,533 subjects) found that 7.6% of the general population experienced at least one Sleep paralysis episode over the course of their life. Higher lifetime prevalence rates were found in students (28.3%) and psychiatric...