EEG-guided meditation: A personalized approach

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 109, Issue 4-6, 2015, Pages 180-190

  Fingelkurts, Andrew A ^a   Fingelkurts, Alexander A ^a   Kallio Tamminen, Tarja ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Physics Foundations Society and Society for Natural Philosophy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognitive processes; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Meditation; Mind body practice; Physical well being; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ANXIETY; BETA RHYTHM; BOREDOM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BUDDHISM; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFUSION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; INTROSPECTION; KUNDALINI SYMPTOM; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PANIC; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QIGONG; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; THEORETICAL STUDY; THETA RHYTHM; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; YOGA; PROCEDURES;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDITATION; PRECISION MEDICINE;

EID: 84961291846     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2015.03.001     Document Type: Review

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