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Meditation therapies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews June 16, 2010 Thawatchai Krisanaprakornkit, Chetta Ngamjarus, Chartree Witoonchart et al.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common developmental disorders experienced in childhood and can persist into adulthood. The disorder has early onset and is characterized by a combination of overactive, poorly modulated behavior with marked inattention. In the long term it can impair academic performance, vocational success and social-emotional development....

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006507.pub2 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Heart rate variability during sleep following the practice of cyclic meditation and supine rest.

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback June 1, 2010 Sanjib K. Patra, Shirley Telles

Day time activities are known to influence the sleep on the following night. Cyclic meditation (CM) has recurring cycles. Previously, the low frequency (LF) power and the ratio between low frequency and high frequency (LF/HF ratio) of the heart rate variability (HRV) decreased during and after CM but not after a comparable period of supine rest (SR). In the present study, on thirty male...

DOI: 10.1007/s10484-009-9114-1 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Meditation Parasympathetic nervous system Humans Electrocardiography +14

The Buddhist Health Study: Meditation on Love and Compassion as Features of Religious Practice

CrossCurrents June 1, 2010 Bruce M. Sullivan, Bill Wiist, Heidi A. Wayment 1 citation

The Buddhist Health Study: Meditation on Love and Compassion as Features of Religious Practice Bruce M. Sullivan, Bill Wiist, and Heidi Wayment Love and compassion are most important, most precious, most powerful, and most sacred. Practicing them is useful not only in terms of true religion but also in worldly life for both mental and physical health. They are the basic elements supporting our...

DOI: 10.1353/cro.2010.a782462 (opens in new tab)

Functional neural correlates of mindfulness meditations in comparison with psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and placebo effect. Is there a link?

Acta Neuropsychiatrica June 2010 Alberto Chiesa, Paolo Brambilla, Alessandro Serretti

Chiesa A, Brambilla P, Serretti A. Functional neural correlates of mindfulness meditations in comparison with psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and placebo effect. Is there a link? Mindfulness meditations (MM) are a group of meditation practices which are increasingly receiving attention. The aim of the present work is to review current findings about the neural correlates of MM and compare such...

DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2010.00460.x (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Meditation as Medicine: A Critique

CrossCurrents June 1, 2010 Wakoh Shannon Hickey 6 citations

Meditation as Medicine: A Critique Wakoh Shannon Hickey Twenty‐seven adults are arrayed at the front of a large, sloping lecture hall: some lying on their backs, some upright in free‐standing chairs, some in the tiers of seats bolted to the floor. Most appear to range in age from mid‐forties to mid‐fifties. The lights are dim, most eyes are closed, and except for occasional fidgeting, everyone...

DOI: 10.1353/cro.2010.a782461 (opens in new tab)