Short-Term Meditation Training Alters Brain Activity and Sympathetic Responses at Rest, but not during the meditation
Anna Rusinova, Maria Volodina, Alexei Ossadtchi
bioRxiv Preprint Server December 1, 2023 preprint DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.01.569603 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The text raises questions about the speed of physiological changes in non-devoted meditators and the potential of biofeedback or neurofeedback to enhance meditation training. |
Abstract
Numerous studies have shown that meditation has a number of positive effects on the physical and psychological well-being of practitioners. As a result, meditation has become widely practiced not only as a religious practice but also as a self-regulation technique to achieve specific measurable goals. This raises the question of how quickly physiological changes can be noticed in individuals for whom meditation is not the main focus of their lives but rather a wellbeing keeping technique. Another question is whether it is possible to observe changes occurring directly during meditation and use bio- or neuro-feedback to enhance such meditation training and achieve tangible results.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
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