The influence of buddhist meditation traditions on the autonomic system and attention

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Amihai, Ido ^a   Kozhevnikov, Maria ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BUDDHIST; HUMAN; MAHAYANA MEDITATION; MEDITATION; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; REVIEW; THERAVADA MEDITAION; TONIC ALERTNESS; BUDDHISM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BUDDHISM; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDITATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84935025663     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/731579     Document Type: Review

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