Mindfulness (Vipassana) meditation: Effects on P3b event-related potential and heart rate variability

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-214

  Delgado Pastor, Luis Carlos ^a   Perakakis, Pandelis ^b,d   Subramanya, Pailoor ^c   Telles, Shirley ^c   Vila, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation   (India)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotional regulation; Event related potential; Heart rate variability; Mindfulness; Vipassana

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTOREGULATION; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS MEDITATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REST; THINKING;

ATTENTION; EMOTIONAL REGULATION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MINDFULNESS; VIPASSANA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886951839     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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