A self-referential default brain state: Patterns of coherence, power, and eLORETA sources during eyes-closed rest and transcendental meditation practice

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-30

  Travis, Fred ^a   Haaga, David A F ^b   Hagelin, John ^c   Tanner, Melissa ^b   Arenander, Alaric ^c,d   Nidich, Sanford ^d   Gaylord King, Carolyn ^d   Grosswald, Sarina ^c   Rainforth, Maxwell ^d   Schneider, Robert H ^d  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Science Technology and Public Policy   (United States)

^d Maharishi University of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta1; Coherence; LORETA Transcendental Meditation; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SUBICULUM; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MEDITATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REST; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950348226     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-009-0343-2     Document Type: Article

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