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Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience Chemistry

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Multimodal neurophenomenology of advanced concentration absorption meditation: An intensively sampled case study of Jhana

Avijit Chowdhury, Marta Bianciardi, Eric Chapdelaine, Omar S Riaz, Christopher Timmermann, Remko van Lutterveld, et al.
NeuroImage Summary & key facts 2024 10 citations

Researchers scanned the brain activity of one very experienced meditator (more than 23,000 hours of practice) while they entered deep concentration states called jhanas. They used two brain-measuring tools — fMRI, which shows which brain areas are communicating, and EEG, which records electrical rhythms — and also had the person…

Memory and Neural Mechanisms Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Sleep and Wakefulness Research
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