EEG & Meditation

[Cittasanto]

I remember a thread in the last couple of months regarding brain scans upon meditators, and I had read an article in the Samatha Trusts Journal about EEG scan done on meditators within their group, it is available online here http://www.samatha.org/eeg

If any of the moderators remember the thread please merge it if you think it is worth while.

[Ben]

Thank you Cittasanto, that preliminary study is quite incredible!
Thank you for sharing.
with metta,

Ben

[Cittasanto]

upon looking at this site again I see the research now has its own website http://www.samadhieeg.org.uk/page13.html

[Billymac29]

I find these studies very interesting... Richie Davidson and Jon Kabat Zinn have been involved in studies on meditation in the USA since the 90's... More attention has been given to it in recent years and I think that is awesome!

Thanks for these links

[marc108]

very very cool. i would love to see someoen like Ajahn Brahm or another great meditation master hooked up to an EEG and see their brain vs a lay meditator.

[Billymac29]

very very cool. i would love to see someoen like Ajahn Brahm or another great meditation master hooked up to an EEG and see their brain vs a lay meditator.

they did some studies with Tibetan Lamas and Rinpoches.. some reading were off the charts compared to non meditators or lay meditators

[Dmytro]

See also:

http://www.leighb.com/EEG%20Power%20and ... anasV5.doc

[gavesako]

Interesting to observe and measure these correlations, but (especially for those who are not experts in the neuro field) it is also good to remember that:

Brain Scans Don't Catch The Brain In Action
by ALVA NOË
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/12/0 ... -in-action


Science And The Allure Of 'Nothing But'
by ALVA NOË
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/12/1 ... othing-but