Journal of Applied School Psychology
July 6, 2005
Maria Napoli, Paul Rock Krech, Lynn C. Holley
521 citations
Abstract Mindfulness is the cognitive propensity to be aware of what is happening in the moment without judgment or attachment to any particular outcome. This concept flies in the face of modern, Western philosophical outcomes-based thinking about events and activities. This article presents results of a formative evaluation of whether participation in a mindfulness training program affected...
Philosophy East and West
July 1, 2005
Rui Zhu
Scholars have underestimated and misunderstood the distinction between Sōtō and Rinzai, the two major branches of Zen Buddhism, because they have either parroted the sectarian polemics of the schools themselves or, as in the case of prominent scholars Carl Bielefeldt and T. P. Kasulis, dismissed these polemics as deriving from institutional politics rather than substantive doctrinal or...
Choice Reviews Online
July 1, 2005
Hayes, Steven C. 1948-
1,291 citations
1. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the New Behavior Therapies: Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Relationship, Steven C. Hayes2. Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Synthesizing Radical Acceptance with Skillful Means, Clive J. Robins, Henry Schmidt III, and Marsha M. Linehan3. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Theoretical Rationale and Empirical Status, Zindel V. Segal, John D. Teasdale, and J....
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
June 2, 2005
Jean L. Kristeller, Thomas J. Johnson
Abstract. We explore the role of meditative practice in cultivating experiences of compassion, empathy, and altruism and address an apparent paradox: Meditation often is associated with solitary retreat, if not preoccupation with one's own concerns. How, then, does such a practice promote compassion for others? We propose a two‐stage model. The first stage involves disengagement from usual...
Análisis y Modificación de Conducta
June 1, 2005
Andrés Martín-Asuero, Gloria García-Banda, Enric Benito Oliver
6 citations
Este estudio examina la eficacia del programa para la reducción del estnSs denominado Mindfull1BS&-Bassd Stress RBduc:tion (MBSR) con un grupo de 28 voluntarios, en su mayorfa profeSIonales de la salud. El 75% de los participantBS completó el programa y el malestar psicológico de estos se redujo en un 49% según el SCL- 9OR. El mslBStar f(sico también mejoró, con una reducción del 44% de los...
Progress in transplantation
June 2005
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Cynthia R Gross, Xin Ye et al.
In 2001, more than 24000 solid-organ transplant surgeries were performed in the United States. Although survival rates have steadily risen over the past 2 decades, transplant recipients commonly experience a myriad of symptoms after transplantation that compromise quality of life. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia frequently occur despite excellent function of the transplanted organ. Use of...
International Journal of Neuroscience
June 2005
Ljubomir Aftanas, Semen Golosheykin
The main objective of the present investigation was to examine how long-term meditation practice is manifested in EEG activity under conditions of non-emotional arousal (eyes-closed and eyes-open periods, viewing emotionally neutral movie clip) and while experiencing experimentally induced negative emotions (viewing aversive movie clip). The 62-channel EEG was recorded in age-matched control...
TheScientificWorldJournal
June 1, 2005
Liora Birnbaum
This paper presents adolescent aggression as mediated by the level of differentiation of self. No research has directly addressed Bowen's notion that level of differentiation impacts child functioning including aggression. Level of differentiation is discussed in conjunction with social, gender and cultural norms as manifested in aggressive behavior. Female adolescent aggression is described as...
American Journal of Electroneurodiagnostic Technology
June 1, 2005
Kang-Ming Chang, Pei-Chen Lo
A lever-like EEG feature-extraction method based on the Hurst exponent and regression-fitting errors is proposed for identifying beta rhythms. The proposed method is superior to most methods using the time- and frequency-domain feature extraction parameters for identifying beta rhythms.
Current Biology
June 1, 2005
Olivia Carter, David E. Presti, C. Callistemon et al.
262 citations
Neuroscientific studies of the mind are likely to benefit from the insights and skills of Tibetan Buddhist monks who have practiced the historic tradition of meditative training over many years — a point made recently at a forum between a selection of Buddhist leaders and distinguished scientists [1]. Perceptual rivalries, such as binocular rivalry [2] and motion induced blindness [3], are...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
June 1, 2005
David E. Stuckey, Robert F. Lawson, Luís Eduardo Luna
43 citations
The current study examined QEEG power and coherence of ayahuasca experiences with two experienced participants in a Brazilian jungle setting. An exploratory case series design was adopted for naturalistic field research. EEGs recorded during visual imagery was compared to eyes-closed baselines. The most important findings were increases in global EEG coherence in the 36-44 Hz and 50-64 Hz...
Early Modern Philosophy
May 19, 2005
Michael Ayers
AbstractIn 1978, two books were published that became standard commentaries on Descartes's Meditations. One was Bernard Williams's Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry, the other Margaret Wilson's Descartes. This chapter starts from an issue of interpretation to which both books give some prominence, and which concerns the structure of Descartes' argument for his distinction between mind and...
International Journal of Stress Management
May 1, 2005
Shauna L. Shapiro, John A. Astin, Scott R. Bishop et al.
1,328 citations
The literature is replete with evidence that the stress inherent in health care negatively impacts health care professionals, leading to increased depression, decreased job satisfaction, and psychological distress. In an attempt to address this, the current study examined the effects of a short-term stress management program, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), on health care...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
April 2005
Michael P Collins, Lucia F Dunn
To analyze the relationship between a patient's "spontaneous recovery" from dermatomyositis and her practice of transcendental meditation and visual imagery without confounding effects of conventional therapies. Study of time-varying relationships between (1) measures of arm strength and skin condition (rash and pain) and (2) mind-body interventions-controlling for psychologic stress-in a...
Integrative Cancer Therapies
March 2005
David Shannahoff‐Khalsa
The ancient system of Kundalini Yoga (KY) includes a vast array of meditation techniques. Some were discovered to be specific for treating psychiatric disorders and others are supposedly beneficial for treating cancers. To date, 2 clinical trials have been conducted for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The first was an open uncontrolled trial and the second a single-blinded...
International Journal of Psychophysiology
February 1, 2005
Tetsuya Takahashi, Tetsuhito Murata, Toshihiko Hamada et al.
Meditation is the attainment of a restful yet fully alert physical and mental state practiced by many as a self-regulatory approach to emotion management, but the psychophysiological properties and personality traits that characterize this meditative state have not been adequately studied. We quantitatively analyzed changes in psychophysiological parameters during Zen meditation in 20 normal...
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
February 1, 2005
Do-Hoon Kim, Yoo-Sun Moon, Hee-Sung Kim et al.
This study was designed to investigate the effect of Zen Meditation on serum nitric oxide activity (NO) and oxidative stress (lipid peroxidation). The experimental group included 20 subjects who had practiced the Zen Meditation program in Meditation Center located in Seoul, South Korea. The control group included 20 subjects who did not practice any formal stress management technique and were...
Behavioral Medicine
2005
Kenneth G Walton, Robert H Schneider, John Salerno et al.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States today and a major contributor to total health care costs. Psychosocial stress has been implicated in CVD, and psychosocial approaches to primary and secondary prevention are gaining research support. This third article in the series on psychosocial stress and CVD continues the evaluation of one such approach,...
Holistic Nursing Practice
2005
Joanne Cohen-Katz, Susan D. Wiley, Terry Capuano et al.
Part III of the study on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) describes qualitative data and discusses the implications of the findings. Study analysis revealed that nurses found MBSR helpful. Greater relaxation and self-care and improvement in work and family relationships were among reported benefits. Challenges included restlessness, physical pain, and dealing with difficult emotions.
Progress in Brain Research
2005
Hans C Lou, Markus Nowak, Troels W Kjaer
In meditation both the quality and the contents of consciousness may be voluntarily changed, making it an obvious target in the quest for the neural correlate of consciousness. Here we present the results of a positron emission tomography study of yoga nidra relaxation meditation when compared with the normal resting conscious state. Meditation is accompanied by a relatively increased perfusion...