Concentration and mindfulness meditations: Unique forms of consciousness?

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-165

  Dunn, Bruce R ^b   Hartigan, Judith A ^a   Mikulas, William L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Consciousness; EEG; Meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELAXATION TIME;

EID: 0033404073     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023498629385     Document Type: Article

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