Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 46, 2004, Pages 16369-16373

  Lutz, Antoine ^a,b   Greischar, Lawrence L ^a,b   Rawlings, Nancy B ^a,b   Ricard, Matthieu ^c   Davidson, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram synchrony; Gamma activity; Meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 9244244153     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407401101     Document Type: Article

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