Ānāpāna: Neuro-engineering of Mindfulness
Carlos Diego Ferrín Bolaños, Esteban Mauricio Correa Agudelo, Andres Mauricio Hernandez Camacho, Juan Diego Gómez
Scientia et technica March 30, 2016 DOI: 10.22517/23447214.9951 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Novice and advanced meditators |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | The authors propose a neural-feedback system that detects mind wandering during meditation and generates an audible signal to restore the meditator's attention, and report testing it on novice and advanced meditators. No results from that testing are given. |
Abstract
Meditation benefits have been widely supported by many research works. It is considered a natural way of reducing stress, depression, and other anxiety disorders. However, meditation process is a breathe pursuing task that requires long time training to avoid the so-called mind wandering. In this work, we propose a neural-feedback system that detects when mind wanders and generates an audible signal, this way patient’s attention is recovered back again. Finally, we support our approach by testing the system on novice and advanced meditators.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
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- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Stress Management in Healthy People: A Review and Meta-Analysis The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine May 1, 2009
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