Neuroimaging and Neuropsychology of Meditation States

• Main Author: Barbara Tomasino (auth)
• Other Authors: Franco Fabbro (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; fMRI; Meditation; Attention; Neuropsychology; Expertise; Meta-analysis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Neurophysiological and psychological modifications induced by meditation practice have been consistently addressed by neuroscience. Training meditation practice induced plasticity (Barinaga, 2003; Knight, 2004), and as a consequence several benefit for mental and physical health (Davidson & McEw...