Meditation /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Srinivasan, Narayanan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, 2019.
• Έκδοση: First edition.
• Σειρά: Progress in brain research ; v. 244.
• Θέματα: Meditation > Psychological aspects.; Meditation > Physiological aspects.; Meditation > Therapeutic use.; Meditation > methods.; Relaxation > psychology.; Mindfulness.

 "Meditation has been practiced for many centuries in multiple traditions throughout the world. There is a large classical literature on meditation training and states of consciousness that could be achieved through meditation practice and its putative beneficial effects. While mediation practice is old, scientific studies on meditation are only decades old and has expanded significantly in the past twenty years. The scientific studies on meditation have focused both on changes in brain and mind due to the practice as well as its benefits to those who suffer from mental disorders. The methodologies used to study meditation have also expanded ranging from experience based sampling, behavioral paradigms, questionnaires, eye tracking, electroencephalography and brain imaging. The current volume explores interdisciplinary research on meditation. The papers cover the current status of research on the effects of meditation on brain and cognition using multiple methodologies. The papers also cover research on different types of meditation. The volume would be of great benefit to meditation researchers worldwide and serve as a resource for neuroscientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, clinicians and educators interested in meditation"--Back cover. 

 The neuroscience of meditation: classification, phenomenology, correlates, and mechanisms / Tracy Brandmeyer, Arnaud Delorme, Helané Wahbeh -- Evolution from four mental states to the highest state of consciousness: A neurophysiological basis of meditation as defined in yoga texts / Singh Deepeshwar, H.R. Nagendra, Bal Budhi Rana -- Meditation induces physical relaxation and enhances cognition: A perplexing paradox / Kishore K. Deepak -- Contingent negative variation and P3 modulations following mindful movement training / Stefano Lasaponara, Joseph Glicksohn, Federica Mauro, Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan -- State-trait influences of Vipassana meditation practice on P3 EEG dynamics / Ratna Jyothi Kakumanu [and others] -- Short-term mindful breath awareness training improves inhibitory control and response monitoring / Joan P. Pozuelos, Bethan R. Mead, M. Rosario Rueda, Peter Malinowski -- Fully immersed: State absorption and electrophysiological effects of the OVO Whole-Body Perceptual Deprivation chamber / Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan Kakumanu [and others] -- Concentrative (Sahaj Samadhi) meditation training and visual awareness: An fMRI study on color afterimages / Amrendra Singh, V.S. Chandrasekhar Pammi, Anupam Guleria, Narayanan Srinivasan -- Toward a brain theory of meditation / Antonino Raffone Kakumanu [and others] -- Tibetan Buddhist monastic debate: Psychological and neuroscientific analysis of a reasoning-based analytical meditation practice / Marieke K. van Vugt [and others] -- Training attention for conscious non-REM sleep: The yogic practice of yoga-nidrā and its implications for neuroscience research / Stephen Parker -- Nondual awareness: Consciousness-as-such as non-representational reflexivity / Zoran Josipovic -- The contemplative exercise through the lenses of predictive processing: A promising approach / Giuseppe Pagnoni -- Mindfulness training as cognitive training in high-demand cohorts: An initial study in elite military servicemembers / Anthony P. Zanesco, Ekaterina Denkova, Scott L. Rogers, William K. MacNulty, Amishi P. Jha -- Contemplative neuroscience, self-awareness, and education / Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Patricia A. Jennings, Shiri Lavy -- Yoga: Balancing the excitation-inhibition equilibrium in psychiatric disorders / Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, B.N. Gangadhar.