{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lee KCG"],"funding":["Buddhist Chaplaincy and Counselling Research and Knowledge Exchange Project","Li Ka Shing Foundation"],"pagination":["1213"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12466501"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Background
Intuitive inquiry meditation (Can-Hua-Tou) is a unique mental practice which differs from relaxation-based practices by continuously demanding intuitive inquiry. It emphasizes the doubt-driven self-interrogation, also referred to as Chan/Zen meditation. Nonetheless, its electrophysiological signature remains poorly characterized.Methods
We recorded 128-channel EEG from 20 male Buddhist monks (5-28 years Can-Hua-Tou experience) and 18 male novice lay practitioners (<0.5 year) during three counter-balanced eyes-closed blocks: Zen inquiry meditation (ZEN), a phonological control task silently murmuring \"A-B-C-D\" (ABCD), and passive resting state (REST). Power spectral density was computed for alpha (8-12 Hz), beta (12-30 Hz) and gamma (30-45 Hz) bands and mapped acr"],"journal":["Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Neural Pattern of Chanting-Driven Intuitive Inquiry Meditation in Expert Chan Practitioners."],"pmcid":["PMC12466501"],"funding_grant_id":["260009171","AR120019"],"pubmed_authors":["Sik HH","Sun R","Wu BWY","Lee KCG","Gao J","Leung HK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Neural Pattern of Chanting-Driven Intuitive Inquiry Meditation in Expert Chan Practitioners.","description":"Background
Intuitive inquiry meditation (Can-Hua-Tou) is a unique mental practice which differs from relaxation-based practices by continuously demanding intuitive inquiry. It emphasizes the doubt-driven self-interrogation, also referred to as Chan/Zen meditation. Nonetheless, its electrophysiological signature remains poorly characterized.Methods
We recorded 128-channel EEG from 20 male Buddhist monks (5-28 years Can-Hua-Tou experience) and 18 male novice lay practitioners (<0.5 year) during three counter-balanced eyes-closed blocks: Zen inquiry meditation (ZEN), a phonological control task silently murmuring \"A-B-C-D\" (ABCD), and passive resting state (REST). Power spectral density was computed for alpha (8-12 Hz), beta (12-30 Hz) and gamma (30-45 Hz) bands and mapped acr","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-06-11T03:11:32.349Z","creation":"2026-06-11T03:08:01.564Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12466501","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41009242"],"doi":["10.3390/bs15091213"]}}