- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The neuroscience of meditation: classification, phenomenology, correlates, and mechanisms
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Deconstructing mindfulness
- 3 Classifying meditation techniques
- 4 Phenomenology
- 5 Structural and functional correlates of meditation practices
- 6 Oscillatory correlates of meditation
- 7 Mechanisms underlying meditation and attention regulation
- 8 Mechanisms underlying meditation and emotion regulation
- 9 Future perspectives
- Chapter 2: Evolution from four mental states to the highest state of consciousness: A neurophysiological basis of meditation as defined in yoga texts
- Chapter 3: Meditation induces physical relaxation and enhances cognition: A perplexing paradox
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The meditation and relaxation response
- 3 Neuro-physiological model of meditation
- 4 The cognitive restructuring during meditation
- 5 Thought wandering and detection of intruding thoughts
- 6 Meditation can improve cognition
- 7 Possible mechanism of cognitive enhancement during meditation
- 8 The future research
- Chapter 4: Contingent negative variation and P3 modulations following mindful movement training
- Chapter 5: State-trait influences of Vipassana meditation practice on P3 EEG dynamics
- Chapter 6: Short-term mindful breath awareness training improves inhibitory control and response monitoring
- Chapter 7: Fully immersed: State absorption and electrophysiological effects of the OVO Whole-Body Perceptual Deprivation chamber
- Chapter 8: Concentrative (Sahaj Samadhi) meditation training and visual awareness: An fMRI study on color afterimages
- Chapter 9: Toward a brain theory of meditation
- Chapter 10: Tibetan Buddhist monastic debate: Psychological and neuroscientific analysis of a reasoning-based analytical meditation practice
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 General introduction of debate as a form of analytical meditation
- 3 A biobehavioral model of monastic debate
- 4 Quantifying the phenomenology of monastic debates
- 5 Comparing debate to other meditation practices
- 6 Potential applications of debate in societal domains
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 11: Training attention for conscious non-REM sleep: The yogic practice of yoga-nidrā and its implications for neuroscience research
- Chapter 12: Nondual awareness: Consciousness-as-such as non-representational reflexivity
- Chapter 13: The contemplative exercise through the lenses of predictive processing: A promising approach
- Chapter 14: Mindfulness training as cognitive training in high-demand cohorts: An initial study in elite military servicemembers
- Chapter 15: Contemplative neuroscience, self-awareness, and education
- Chapter 16: Yoga: Balancing the excitation-inhibition equilibrium in psychiatric disorders
- Abstract
- 1 The role of GABAergic neurotransmission in psychiatric disorders
- 2 Modulating the GABAergic system for therapeutic gains
- 3 Role of yoga in psychiatric disorders
- 4 A mechanistic understanding of the effects of yoga: The role of GABA and oxytocin
- 5 Clinical implications of this model
- Acknowledgments
- Funding
- Conflict of interest
Meditation
First Edition
Narayanan Srinivasan
Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
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