Electroencephalographic (EEG) measurements of mindfulness-based triarchic body-pathway relaxation technique: A pilot study

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-47

  Chan, Agnes S ^a   Han, Yvonne M Y ^a   Cheung, Mei Chun ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attention; EEG; Emotion; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; RELAXATION TIME; RELAXATION TRAINING; STUDENT T TEST; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MUSIC; PILOT PROJECTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 40349100563     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-008-9050-5     Document Type: Article

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