Dynamic change of awareness during meditation techniques: Neural and physiological correlates

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Jerath, Ravinder ^a   Barnes, Vernon A ^a   Dillard Wright, David ^b   Jerath, Shivani ^c   Hamilton, Brittany ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84867157291     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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