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Altered States of Consciousness are not homogenous during meditation: an fNIRS study

Proceedings 7th Scientific School Dynamics of Complex Networks and their Applications Dcna 2023 2023

This study aims to distinguish different stages in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) unlabeled data recorded during altered state of consciousness. We successfully identified three consistent clusters in each session and observed common patterns among different subjects, specifically a decrease in total hemoglobin levels throughout the experienced condition, which can underlie some...

Meditation, Music and Medicine are three gifts from the Goddess Muses Mousike

International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2023 Hiroshi Bando, H. Ogawa, Kei Tanaka et al. 1 citation

In Greek mythology, the Muses (Mousikē) is the goddess of music and poetry. Muses provided us meaningful gifts, which are Meditation, music and medicine (three M’s). Mindfulness meditation brings focusing on our existence just now. Solfeggio frequency music may give bring relaxing effect, where 528Hz sound has been known for possible benefit for health. Medicine shows each pharmacokinetics with...

Meditation for Human Mind and Brain: Findings from Functional Neuroimaging Investigations

Annals of Advanced Biomedical Sciences 2023 S. Bista 1 citation

Meditation is generally described as being in the present moment or being alert in the present moment, instead of constantly struggling to change or to become. Meditation is an essential part of Yoga philosophy and the seventh limb of Astanga Yoga described by sage Patanjali in the ancient text Patanjali Yoga Sutra. Yoga including meditation, is an ancient technique invented to unite the...

Christian and Zen Contemplative Practices: The “Mysticism” of Evelyn Underhill and D. T. Suzuki

Journal of Ecumenical Studies 2023 Taehoon Kim 1 citation

Abstract (Lang: English):This essay aims to analyze comparatively similarities and differences found in Christian and Zen Buddhist forms of “mysticism.” Drawing on the works of Evelyn Underhill and D. T. Suzuki, it explores how the Christian prayers of Recollection, Quiet, and Contemplation can be paralleled by various aspects of Zen meditation, such as koan and zazen. The main comparative...

An 18-month meditation training selectively improves psychological well-being in older adults: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

PLoS One 2023 Marco Schlosser, Olga Klimecki, Fabienne Collette et al. 6 citations

As the world population is ageing, it is vital to understand how older adults can maintain and deepen their psychological well-being as they are confronted with the unique challenges of ageing in a complex world. Theoretical work has highlighted the promising role of intentional mental training such as meditation practice for enhancing human flourishing. However, meditation-based randomised...

Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention and a health self-management programme on psychological well-being in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: Secondary analyses from the SCD-Well randomised clinical trial.

PLoS One 2023 Marco Schlosser, Harriet Demnitz-King, Thorsten Barnhofer et al. 13 citations

Older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) recruited from memory clinics have an increased risk of developing dementia and regularly experience reduced psychological well-being related to memory concerns and fear of dementia. Research on improving well-being in SCD is limited and lacks non-pharmacological approaches. We investigated whether mindfulness-based and health education...

The (In)flexible self: Psychopathology, mindfulness, and neuroscience.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2023 Fabio Giommi, Prisca R. Bauer, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana et al. 70 citations

Clinical and neuroscientific evidence indicates that transdiagnostic processes contribute to the generation and maintenance of psychopathological symptoms and disorders. Rigidity (inflexibility) appears a core feature of most transdiagnostic pathological processes. Decreasing rigidity may prove important to restore and maintain mental health. One of the primary domains in which rigidity and...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100381 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Cognitive neuroscience Neuroimaging Rigidity Transdiagnostic processes

The mechanism and effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention for reducing the psychological distress of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder: A protocol of randomized control trial of ecological momentary intervention and assessment.

PLoS One 2023 Qi Wang, Siu-Man Ng, Xiaochen Zhou 9 citations

Existing studies have unequivocally demonstrated that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience various stressful daily life events and suffer from psychological distress. Mindfulness level is found to be an effective buffer between parents' appraisal of stress life events and psychological distress. However, the mechanism behind the function of mindfulness is unclear,...

Cessations of consciousness in meditation: Advancing a scientific understanding of nirodha samāpatti.

Progress in Brain Research 2023 Ruben Laukkonen, Matthew D. Sacchet, Henk Barendregt et al. 56 citations

Absence of consciousness can occur due to a concussion, anesthetization, intoxication, epileptic seizure, or other fainting/syncope episode caused by lack of blood flow to the brain. However, some meditation practitioners also report that it is possible to undergo a total absence of consciousness during meditation, lasting up to 7 days, and that these "cessations" can be consistently induced....

Dispositional mindfulness profiles in pregnant women: relationships with dyadic adjustment and symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Frontiers in Psychology 2023 Oiana Echabe-Ecenarro, Izaskun Orue, Esther Calvete 5 citations

Pregnancy is a time of major transition that can be stressful for women. Dispositional mindfulness may protect individuals when they face stress. Recent studies have adopted a person-centered approach to examine the role of mindfulness by identifying subtypes of individuals based on their scores in five mindfulness facets. Latent profile analysis was used to identify different mindfulness...