Meditation, Volume 244, the latest release in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on The effect of meditation on attentional processes, State-trait influences of Vipassana meditation practice on P3 EEG dynamics, What could teachers learn from the neuroscience of self-experience?, Training Attention for Conscious Non-REM Sleep: The Yogic Technique of Yoga Nidrā and Its Implications for Neuroscience Research, CNV and P3 modulations following sensorimotor training, Analytical meditation: a characterization of a reasoning-based meditation training, Buddhist meditation and the regulation of brain networks, Mindfulness-based Emotional Balance Training in Military Spouse, and more.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. v 6. Preface - p. xxi 7. Chapter 1: The neuroscience of meditation: classification, phenomenology, correlates, and mechanisms - p. xxiii 8. Chapter 2: Evolution from four mental states to the highest state of consciousness: A neurophysiological basis of meditation as defined in yoga texts - p. 29 9. Chapter 3: Meditation induces physical relaxation and enhances cognition: A perplexing paradox - p. 83 10. Chapter 4: Contingent negative variation and P3 modulations following mindful movement training - p. 99 11. Chapter 5: State-trait influences of Vipassana meditation practice on P3 EEG dynamics - p. 114 12. Chapter 6: Short-term mindful breath awareness training improves inhibitory control and response monitoring - p. 136 13. Chapter 7: Fully immersed: State absorption and electrophysiological effects of the OVO Whole-Body Perceptual Deprivation chamber - p. 163 14. Chapter 8: Concentrative (Sahaj Samadhi) meditation training and visual awareness: An fMRI study on color afterimages - p. 184 15. Chapter 9: Toward a brain theory of meditation - p. 206 16. Chapter 10: Tibetan Buddhist monastic debate: Psychological and neuroscientific analysis of a reasoning-based analytical meditation practice - p. 232 17. Chapter 11: Training attention for conscious non-REM sleep: The yogic practice of yoga-nidrā and its implications for neuroscience research - p. 253 18. Chapter 12: Nondual awareness: Consciousness-as-such as non-representational reflexivity - p. 272 19. Chapter 13: The contemplative exercise through the lenses of predictive processing: A promising approach - p. 298 20. Chapter 14: Mindfulness training as cognitive training in high-demand cohorts: An initial study in elite military servicemembers - p. 322 21. Chapter 15: Contemplative neuroscience, self-awareness, and education - p. 354 22. Chapter 16: Yoga: Balancing the excitation-inhibition equilibrium in psychiatric disorders - p. 385
Meditation, Volume 244, the latest release in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on The effect of meditation on attentional processes, State-trait influences of Vipassana meditation practice on P3 EEG dynamics, What could teachers learn from the neuroscience of self-experience?, Training Attention for Conscious Non-REM Sleep: The Yogic Technique of Yoga Nidrā and Its Implications for Neuroscience Research, CNV and P3 modulations following sensorimotor training, Analytical meditation: a characterization of a reasoning-based meditation training, Buddhist meditation and the regulation of brain networks, Mindfulness-based Emotional Balance Training in Military Spouse, and more.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. v 6. Preface - p. xxi 7. Chapter 1: The neuroscience of meditation: classification, phenomenology, correlates, and mechanisms - p. xxiii 8. Chapter 2: Evolution from four mental states to the highest state of consciousness: A neurophysiological basis of meditation as defined in yoga texts - p. 29 9. Chapter 3: Meditation induces physical relaxation and enhances cognition: A perplexing paradox - p. 83 10. Chapter 4: Contingent negative variation and P3 modulations following mindful movement training - p. 99 11. Chapter 5: State-trait influences of Vipassana meditation practice on P3 EEG dynamics - p. 114 12. Chapter 6: Short-term mindful breath awareness training improves inhibitory control and response monitoring - p. 136 13. Chapter 7: Fully immersed: State absorption and electrophysiological effects of the OVO Whole-Body Perceptual Deprivation chamber - p. 163 14. Chapter 8: Concentrative (Sahaj Samadhi) meditation training and visual awareness: An fMRI study on color afterimages - p. 184 15. Chapter 9: Toward a brain theory of meditation - p. 206 16. Chapter 10: Tibetan Buddhist monastic debate: Psychological and neuroscientific analysis of a reasoning-based analytical meditation practice - p. 232 17. Chapter 11: Training attention for conscious non-REM sleep: The yogic practice of yoga-nidrā and its implications for neuroscience research - p. 253 18. Chapter 12: Nondual awareness: Consciousness-as-such as non-representational reflexivity - p. 272 19. Chapter 13: The contemplative exercise through the lenses of predictive processing: A promising approach - p. 298 20. Chapter 14: Mindfulness training as cognitive training in high-demand cohorts: An initial study in elite military servicemembers - p. 322 21. Chapter 15: Contemplative neuroscience, self-awareness, and education - p. 354 22. Chapter 16: Yoga: Balancing the excitation-inhibition equilibrium in psychiatric disorders - p. 385
