Neurophysiology of Silence, Volume 277 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, including chapters on Mindfulness, mind wandering and creativity, The cloud of unknowing: Cognitive dedifferentiation in whole-body perceptual deprivation, Embodying abstract concepts: the connection between meditation, empathy and introception, Measures of music-like experience emergent in a sonic ganzfeld: an example of perceptual structuring on the edge of silence, Doing out of silence: The effects of visual art on verbal creativity, Cessation experiences during meditation, The psychophysiology of covert behavior during goal directed behavior, and much more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series Page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. iii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1: Letting it go: The interplay between mind wandering, mindfulness, and creativity - p. 1 9. Chapter 2: Evaluating brain spectral and connectivity differences between silent mind-wandering and trance states - p. 29 10. Chapter 3: Quadrato motor training (QMT) influences IL-1β expression and creativity: Implications for inflammatory state reduction and cognitive enhancement - p. 63 11. Chapter 4: Personality traits and environment: The effects of observing visual art on verbal creativity - p. 85 12. Chapter 5: The cloud of unknowing: Cognitive dedifferentiation in whole-body perceptual deprivation - p. 117 13. Chapter 6: Measures of music-like experience emergent in a sonic Ganzfeld: An example of perceptual structuring on the edge of silence - p. 141 14. Chapter 7: Increased relaxation, less boredom, and a faster passage of time during a period of silence in the forest - p. 157 15. Chapter 8: Embodied empathy and abstract concepts' concreteness: Evidence from contemplative practices - p. 181
Neurophysiology of Silence, Volume 277 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, including chapters on Mindfulness, mind wandering and creativity, The cloud of unknowing: Cognitive dedifferentiation in whole-body perceptual deprivation, Embodying abstract concepts: the connection between meditation, empathy and introception, Measures of music-like experience emergent in a sonic ganzfeld: an example of perceptual structuring on the edge of silence, Doing out of silence: The effects of visual art on verbal creativity, Cessation experiences during meditation, The psychophysiology of covert behavior during goal directed behavior, and much more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series Page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. iii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1: Letting it go: The interplay between mind wandering, mindfulness, and creativity - p. 1 9. Chapter 2: Evaluating brain spectral and connectivity differences between silent mind-wandering and trance states - p. 29 10. Chapter 3: Quadrato motor training (QMT) influences IL-1β expression and creativity: Implications for inflammatory state reduction and cognitive enhancement - p. 63 11. Chapter 4: Personality traits and environment: The effects of observing visual art on verbal creativity - p. 85 12. Chapter 5: The cloud of unknowing: Cognitive dedifferentiation in whole-body perceptual deprivation - p. 117 13. Chapter 6: Measures of music-like experience emergent in a sonic Ganzfeld: An example of perceptual structuring on the edge of silence - p. 141 14. Chapter 7: Increased relaxation, less boredom, and a faster passage of time during a period of silence in the forest - p. 157 15. Chapter 8: Embodied empathy and abstract concepts' concreteness: Evidence from contemplative practices - p. 181
