Effects of mindfulness meditation training on anticipatory alpha modulation in primary somatosensory cortex

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 96-103

  Kerr, Catherine E ^a   Jones, Stephanie R ^b   Wan, Qian ^a,c   Pritchett, Dominique L ^c   Wasserman, Rachel H ^d   Wexler, Anna ^a   Villanueva, Joel J ^a   Shaw, Jessica R ^a   Lazar, Sara W ^b   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^a   Littenberg, Ronnie ^e   Hämäläinen, Matti S ^b   Moore, Christopher I ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Women's Mental Health Collective   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Alpha rhythm modulation; Anticipatory; Attention; Meditation; MEG; Mindfulness; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDITATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSATION; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957874671     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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