Impact of regular meditation practice on EEG activity at rest and during evoked negative emotions

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 893-909

  Aftanas, Ljubomir ^a   Golosheykin, Semen ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aversive workload; EEG; Emotion; Hemispheric asymmetry; Meditation; Non emotional arousal; Regular meditation practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOGA;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MOTION PICTURES; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REST; THINKING;

EID: 20044363140     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590897969     Document Type: Article

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