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Frontiers in Psychology 2019 Jonathan Nash, Andrew B. Newberg, Bhuvanesh Awasthi correction
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Progress in Brain Research 2019 Marieke K. van Vugt, Amir Moye, Joshua Pollock et al.
Analytical meditation and monastic debate are contemplative practices engaged in by Tibetan Buddhist monastics that have up to now been largely unexplored in Western contemplative science. The highly physical form of contemplative debating plays an important role in the monastic curriculum. Based on discussions and recorded interviews Tibetan monastic teachers and senior students at Sera Jey...
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2019 Rebecca Erwin Wells, Catherine E. Kerr, Michelle L Dossett et al.
Background/objective: High levels of chronic stress negatively impact the hippocampus and are associated with increased incidence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease. While mindfulness meditation may mitigate the effects of chronic stress, it is uncertain if adults with MCI have the capacity to learn mindfulness meditation. Methods: 14 adults with MCI were randomized 2:1...
Frontiers in Psychology 2019 Jesus Montero-Marin, Maria C Perez-Yus, Ausiàs Cebolla et al.
There has been increased interest in the relationships between religiosity, meditation practice and well-being, but there is lack of understanding as to how specific religious components and distinct meditation practices could influence different positive and negative psychological adjustment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the explanatory power of religious beliefs and the...
Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2019 S. Raj, Swati Sachdeva, Rubina Jha et al.
Suicide and depression are among the most alarming phenomena prevalent throughout the world. Various approaches have tried to explain the intricacies in depression and suicide, as a consequence of faulty psychological adjustment of the individual. Several therapeutic approaches have been developed to strengthen one's coping process, among which cognitive behaviour therapy has shown promising...
Journal for nurses in professional development 2019 Jennifer Rheingans Bonamer, Catherine Aquino-Russell
The Transcendental Meditation technique was provided to 27 nurses across levels and areas of the organization. Quantitative tools measured the effect on nurses' compassion fatigue and resilience. Paired-sample t test analyses revealed significant improvements in the phenomena studied. Further, resilience showed a large significant, inverse relationship with burnout. This study contributes new...
Progress in Brain Research 2019 Ratna Jyothi Kakumanu, Ajay Kumar Nair, Arun Sasidharan et al.
Several studies have demonstrated that meditation naïve subjects can, in just a few weeks, become proficient enough in meditation to show cognitive improvements accompanied with functional and structural changes in the brain. Would long-term exposure to qualitatively different levels of meditative training bring about differences in cognitive processing? Would meditation prior to task...
Progress in Brain Research 2019 Amrendra Singh, V. S. Chandrasekhar Pammi, A. Guleria et al.
All of us consciously experience the world around us through our sensory modalities. Empirical studies on the relationship between attention and awareness have shown that attention does influence perceptual experience or appearance in addition to better performance in perceptual tasks. The practice of meditation also changes perceptual experience in addition to better perceptual performance....
Casting Light on the Dark Side of Brain Imaging 2019 Michael Lifshitz, Evan Thompson
Abstract Meditation is trending right now. From classrooms and hospitals to business meetings and phone apps, our culture is enthralled by meditation as a powerful tool to train our brains and shape our private mental lives—to make us happier, more productive, and more peaceful on the inside. But meditation is not just about training our brains. It’s a deeply social—and fundamentally...
Progress in Brain Research 2019 Antonino Raffone, Laura Marzetti, Cosimo Del Gratta et al.
The rapidly progressing science of meditation has led to insights about the neural correlates of focused attention meditation (FAM), open monitoring meditation (OMM), compassion meditation (CM) and loving kindness meditation (LKM), in terms of states and traits. However, a unified theoretical understanding of the brain mechanisms involved in meditation-related functions, including mindfulness,...