Short-term meditation induces changes in brain resting EEG theta networks

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Xue, Shao Wei ^a,b   Tang, Yi Yuan ^c,e   Tang, Rongxiang ^d   Posner, Michael I ^e  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain complex networks; EEG; Integrative body mind training; Relaxation training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATIVE BODY MIND TRAINING; MALE; MEDITATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESTING STATE NETWORK; THETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; NERVE NET; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896127486     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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