IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
October 6, 2024
Robert Kozma, Bernard J. Baars, Natalie Geld
Recent advances in human brain monitoring provide increasingly detailed insights into the spatio-temporal neurodynamic processes contributing to cognition and consciousness. The view that cognition is not a smooth temporal process, rather it is a sequence of metastable states which have a duration of around 100 ms, becomes increasingly recognized. The cinematic theory of cognition is a...
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
October 6, 2024
Ajoy Kumar, Sahil Sankhyan, Kirti Tripathi et al.
There is growing interest in developing virtual reality (VR) applications for mental health therapies. However, the investigation of the effectiveness of meditation in VR environments for mental health issues like stress remains mostly unexplored. This study seeks to fill this knowledge gap by investigating the influence of VR-guided Zen meditation (VRZM) on stress levels. 40 individuals were...
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
October 6, 2024
Ankita Garg, Ajoy Kumar, Shubham Garg et al.
Emotional stability, awareness, and attention may likely be enhanced by meditation and related techniques. Since meditation practitioners may need focus and engagement, virtual reality (VR) may be helpful. Even though there has been some research on the usefulness of VR for meditation, very few studies have looked at the effectiveness of VR on audible mantra repetition (AuMR). Our research...
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
October 9, 2022
Swati Singh, Vinay Gupta, Tharun Kumar Reddy et al.
Meditation methods, which have their origins in ancient traditions are gaining popularity as a result of their potential mental and physical health advantages. EEG neural correlates underlying enhanced cognitive abilities such as sustained attention and working memory need to be analyzed scrutinizingly to evaluate the effects of meditation practices. In this article, we thus provide an analysis...
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
October 9, 2022
Gansheng Tan, Shui-Bo Wang, Valentin Vierge et al.
Digital platforms could facilitate meditation practice by discriminating the participants’ mental state in real time based on neural activities. However, the search for neural correlates of meditative states yields contradictory results in the literature. To identify the neural signature of meditation, we propose a Random Forest classifier to discriminate between a Focused Attention Meditation...