A neuroscientific perspective on meditation

Psychology of Meditation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 99-128

  Maron Katz, Adi ^a   Ben Simon, Eti ^a   Sharon, Haggai ^a   Gruberger, Michal ^a   Cvetkovic, Dean ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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