Alterations in the sense of time, space, and body in the mindfulness-trained brain: A neurophenomenologically-guided MEG study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Berkovich Ohana, Aviva ^a   Dor Ziderman, Yair ^b   Glicksohn, Joseph ^b   Goldstein, Abraham ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body perception; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Mindfulness meditation; Neurophenomenolgy; Space perception; Theta rhythm; Time perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891694126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00912     Document Type: Article

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