Report from a Tibetan Monastery: EEG neural correlates of concentrative and analytical meditation.

ABSTRACT: The positive effects of meditation on human wellbeing are indisputable, ranging from emotion regulation improvement to stress reduction and present-moment awareness enhancement. Changes in brain activity regulate and support these phenomena. However, the heterogeneity of meditation practices and their cultural background, as well as their poor categorization limit the generalization of results to all types of meditation. Here, we took advantage of a collaboration with the very singular and precious community of the Monks and Geshes of the Tibetan University of Sera-Jey in India to study the neural correlates of the two main types of meditation recognized in Tibetan Buddhism, namely concentrative and analytical meditation. Twenty-three meditators with different levels of expertise underwent

SUBMITTER: Neri B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11098278 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature