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Index
Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1: The neuroscience of meditation: classification, phenomenology, correlates, and mechanisms
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Deconstructing mindfulness
3 Classifying meditation techniques
4 Phenomenology
5 Structural and functional correlates of meditation practices
6 Oscillatory correlates of meditation
7 Mechanisms underlying meditation and attention regulation
8 Mechanisms underlying meditation and emotion regulation
9 Future perspectives
Chapter 2: Evolution from four mental states to the highest state of consciousness: A neurophysiological basis of meditation as defined in yoga texts
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Description of consciousness in yogic texts
3 Investigations on electro-neurophysiology of meditation
4 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Meditation induces physical relaxation and enhances cognition: A perplexing paradox
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The meditation and relaxation response
3 Neuro-physiological model of meditation
4 The cognitive restructuring during meditation
5 Thought wandering and detection of intruding thoughts
6 Meditation can improve cognition
7 Possible mechanism of cognitive enhancement during meditation
8 The future research
Chapter 4: Contingent negative variation and P3 modulations following mindful movement training
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Results
4 Discussion
Chapter 5: State-trait influences of Vipassana meditation practice on P3 EEG dynamics
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Experimental procedures
3 Results
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Funding
Declarations of interest
Chapter 6: Short-term mindful breath awareness training improves inhibitory control and response monitoring
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Method
3 Results
4 Discussion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 7: Fully immersed: State absorption and electrophysiological effects of the OVO Whole-Body Perceptual Deprivation chamber
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Results
4 Discussion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 8: Concentrative (Sahaj Samadhi) meditation training and visual awareness: An fMRI study on color afterimages
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Neuroimaging study with color afterimages
3 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 9: Toward a brain theory of meditation
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Characterizing different forms of meditation and their relationships
3 Brain networks, brain states and meditation
4 Conscious access, global workspace and meditation
5 Outline of a brain theory of meditation (BTM)
Acknowledgments
Chapter 10: Tibetan Buddhist monastic debate: Psychological and neuroscientific analysis of a reasoning-based analytical meditation practice
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 General introduction of debate as a form of analytical meditation
3 A biobehavioral model of monastic debate
4 Quantifying the phenomenology of monastic debates
5 Comparing debate to other meditation practices
6 Potential applications of debate in societal domains
Acknowledgments
Chapter 11: Training attention for conscious non-REM sleep: The yogic practice of yoga-nidrā and its implications for neuroscience research
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Methodological considerations
3 The state of yoga-nidrā
4 The problem of qualified subjects and training new subjects
Chapter 12: Nondual awareness: Consciousness-as-such as non-representational reflexivity
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Phenomenology and philosophy
3 Neural correlates
4 Conclusion
Chapter 13: The contemplative exercise through the lenses of predictive processing: A promising approach
Abstract
1 The appeal of a guiding theoretical framework
2 The basics of predictive processing
3 The praxis of meditation
4 Meditation in the light of predictive processing
5 Summary and future work
Acknowledgments
Chapter 14: Mindfulness training as cognitive training in high-demand cohorts: An initial study in elite military servicemembers
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Method
3 Results
4 Discussion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 15: Contemplative neuroscience, self-awareness, and education
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Self-awareness: Possible underlying neural mechanisms, relation to well-being, and meditation-induced malleability
3 Teachers’ self-processing and mindfulness practice
4 Integration and summary
Acknowledgments
Chapter 16: Yoga: Balancing the excitation-inhibition equilibrium in psychiatric disorders
Abstract
1 The role of GABAergic neurotransmission in psychiatric disorders
2 Modulating the GABAergic system for therapeutic gains
3 Role of yoga in psychiatric disorders
4 A mechanistic understanding of the effects of yoga: The role of GABA and oxytocin
5 Clinical implications of this model
Acknowledgments
Funding
Conflict of interest
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