Neurophysiological Effects of Meditation Based on Evoked and Event Related Potential Recordings
Joint Authors
Telles, Shirley
Singh, Nilkamal
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Evoked potentials (EPs) are a relatively noninvasive method to assess the integrity of sensory pathways.
As the neural generators for most of the components are relatively well worked out, EPs have been used to understand the changes occurring during meditation.
Event-related potentials (ERPs) yield useful information about the response to tasks, usually assessing attention.
A brief review of the literature yielded eleven studies on EPs and seventeen on ERPs from 1978 to 2014.
The EP studies covered short, mid, and long latency EPs, using both auditory and visual modalities.
ERP studies reported the effects of meditation on tasks such as the auditory oddball paradigm, the attentional blink task, mismatched negativity, and affective picture viewing among others.
Both EP and ERPs were recorded in several meditations detailed in the review.
Maximum changes occurred in mid latency (auditory) EPs suggesting that maximum changes occur in the corresponding neural generators in the thalamus, thalamic radiations, and primary auditory cortical areas.
ERP studies showed meditation can increase attention and enhance efficiency of brain resource allocation with greater emotional control.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Singh, Nilkamal& Telles, Shirley. 2015. Neurophysiological Effects of Meditation Based on Evoked and Event Related Potential Recordings. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055361
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Singh, Nilkamal& Telles, Shirley. Neurophysiological Effects of Meditation Based on Evoked and Event Related Potential Recordings. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055361
American Medical Association (AMA)
Singh, Nilkamal& Telles, Shirley. Neurophysiological Effects of Meditation Based on Evoked and Event Related Potential Recordings. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055361
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055361