A Critical Analysis on Characterizing the Meditation Experience Through the Electroencephalogram.

ABSTRACT: Meditation practices, originated from ancient traditions, have increasingly received attention due to their potential benefits to mental and physical health. The scientific community invests efforts into scrutinizing and quantifying the effects of these practices, especially on the brain. There are methodological challenges in describing the neural correlates of the subjective experience of meditation. We noticed, however, that technical considerations on signal processing also don't follow standardized approaches, which may hinder generalizations. Therefore, in this article, we discuss the usage of the electroencephalogram (EEG) as a tool to study meditation experiences in healthy individuals. We describe the main EEG signal processing techniques and how they have been translated to the m

SUBMITTER: Deolindo CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427581 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature