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Recent Meditation Research

Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP

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This web page presents recent (i.e., published in 2010 or 2011) research on meditation.

This research explores the relationship of meditation to executive functioning and decision-making; depression; anxiety; brain structure, function, & plasticity; pain control; dispositional mindfulness; therapists' therapeutic presence; health; well-being; quality of life; and so on.

Please Note: This web site also includes a page of Mindfulness Resources, which are divided into 5 groups:

  1. Meta-analyses
  2. The Mindful Clinician: Training, Development, Self-Care
  3. Articles on Mindfulness as an Intervention for Psychological and Medical Disorders
  4. Books on Mindfulness in Therapy, Recovery, & Self-Help
  5. Audio Resources for Mindfulness

Meditation Research Published in 2010 and 2011

  1. Alfonso, J. P., Caracuel, A., Delgado-Pastor, L. C., & Verdejo-Garcia, A. (2011). Combined Goal Management Training and Mindfulness meditation improve executive functions and decision-making performance in abstinent polysubstance abusers. Drug and alcohol dependence, 117(1), 78-81.

  2. An, H., Kulkarni, R., Nagarathna, R., & Nagendra, H. (2010). Measures of heart rate variability in women following a meditation technique. International journal of yoga, 3(1), 6-9.

  3. Ando, M., Morita, T., Akechi, T., & Ifuku, Y. (2011). A qualitative study of mindfulness-based meditation therapy in Japanese cancer patients. Supportive care in cancer: official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 19(7), 929-933.

  4. Baijal, S., & Srinivasan, N. (2010). Theta activity and meditative states: Spectral changes during concentrative meditation. Cognitive Processing, 11(1), 31-38.

  5. Baijal, S., Jha, A. P., Kiyonaga, A., Singh, R., & Srinivasan, N. (2011). The Influence of Concentrative Meditation Training on the Development of Attention Networks during Early Adolescence. Frontiers in psychology, 2, 153.

  6. Barnhofer, T., Chittka, T., Nightingale, H., Visser, C., & Crane, C. (2010). State effects of two forms of meditation on prefrontal EEG asymmetry in previously depressed individuals. Mindfulness, 1(1), 21-27.

  7. Baron Short, E., Kose, S., Mu, Q., Borckardt, J., Newberg, A., George, M. S., et al. (2010). Regional brain activation during meditation shows time and practice effects: an exploratory FMRI study. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 7(1), 121-127.

  8. Bauer-Wu, S. (2010). Mindfulness meditation. Oncology, 24(10 Suppl), 36-40.

  9. Brown, C. A., & Jones, A. K. P. (2010). Meditation experience predicts less negative appraisal of pain: Electrophysiological evidence for the involvement of anticipatory neural responses. Pain, 150(3), 428-438.

  10. Brown, L. F., Davis, L. W., LaRocco, V. A., & Strasburger, A. (2010). Participant perspectives on mindfulness meditation training for anxiety in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 13(3), 224-242.

  11. Burns, J. L., Lee, R. M., & Brown, L. J. (2011). The effect of meditation on self-reported measures of stress, anxiety, depression, and perfectionism in a college population. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 25(2), 132-144.

  12. Cahn, B. R., Delorme, A., & Polich, J. (2010). Occipital gamma activation during Vipassana meditation. Cognitive Processing, 11(1), 39-56.

  13. Chen, K. W., Comerford, A., Shinnick, P., & Ziedonis, D. M. (2010). Introducing qigong meditation into residential addiction treatment: A pilot study where gender makes a difference. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(8), 875-882.

  14. Cheng, R. W. F., Borrett, D. S., Cheng, W., Kwan, H. C., & Cheng, R. S. S. (2010). Human prefrontal cortical response to the meditative state: A spectroscopy study. International Journal of Neuroscience, 120(7), 483-488.

  15. Chiesa, A., & Serretti, A. (2010). A systematic review of neurobiological and clinical features of mindfulness meditations. Psychological Medicine: A Journal of Research in Psychiatry and the Allied Sciences, 40(8), 1239-1252.

  16. Chiesa, A., Brambilla, P., & Serretti, A. (2010). Functional neural correlates of mindfulness meditations in comparison with psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and placebo effect. Is there a link? Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 22(3), 104-117.

  17. Choi, K. E., Musial, F., Amthor, N., Rampp, T., Saha, F. J., Michalsen, A., et al. (2011). Isolated and combined effects of electroacupuncture and meditation in reducing experimentally induced ischemic pain: a pilot study. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM, 2011.

  18. Choi, K. E., Rampp, T., Saha, F. J., Dobos, G. J., & Musial, F. (2011). Pain modulation by meditation and electroacupuncture in experimental submaximum effort tourniquet technique (SETT). Explore, 7(4), 239-245.

  19. Chu, L.-C. (2010). The benefits of meditation vis-a-vis emotional intelligence, perceived stress and negative mental health. Stress and Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 26(2), 169-180.

  20. Crane, C., Jandric, D., Barnhofer, T., & Williams, J. M. G. (2010). Dispositional mindfulness, meditation, and conditional goal setting. Mindfulness, 1(4), 204-214.

  21. Cutshall, S. M., Wentworth, L. J., Wahner-Roedler, D. L., Vincent, A., Schmidt, J. E., Loehrer, L. L., et al. (2011). Evaluation of a biofeedback-assisted meditation program as a stress management tool for hospital nurses: a pilot study. [Clinical Trial]. Explore, 7(2), 110-112.

  22. Davanger, S., Ellingsen, O., Holen, A., & Hugdahl, K. (2010). Meditation-specific prefrontal cortical activation during Acem meditation: An fMRI study. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 111(1), 291-306.

  23. Engstrom, M., & Soderfeldt, B. (2010). Brain activation during compassion meditation: A case study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(5), 597-599.

  24. Engstrom, M., Pihlsgard, J., Lundberg, P., & Soderfeldt, B. (2010). Functional magnetic resonance imaging of hippocampal activation during silent mantra meditation. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(12), 1253-1258.

  25. Falkenstrom, F. (2010). Studying mindfulness in experienced meditators: A quasi-experimental approach. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(3), 305-310.

  26. Fan, Y., Tang, Y.-Y., Ma, Y., & Posner, M. I. (2010). Mucosal immunity modulated by integrative meditation in a dose-dependent fashion. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(2), 151-155.

  27. Feldman, G., Greeson, J., & Senville, J. (2010). Differential effects of mindful breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and loving-kindness meditation on decentering and negative reactions to repetitive thoughts. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48(10), 1002-1011.

  28. Fell, J., Axmacher, N., & Haupt, S. (2010). From alpha to gamma: electrophysiological correlates of meditation-related states of consciousness. [Review]. Medical hypotheses, 75(2), 218-224.

  29. Fortney, L., & Taylor, M. (2010). Meditation in medical practice: a review of the evidence and practice. [Review]. Primary care, 37(1), 81-90.

  30. Fox, S. D., Flynn, E., & Allen, R. H. (2011). Mindfulness meditation for women with chronic pelvic pain: a pilot study. The Journal of reproductive medicine, 56(3-4), 158-162.

  31. Franco Justo, C. (2010). [Reducing stress levels and anxiety in primary-care physicians through training and practice of a mindfulness meditation technique]. Atencion primaria / Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, 42(11), 564-570.

  32. Gootjes, L., Franken, I. H. A., & Van Strien, J. W. (2011). Cognitive emotion regulation in yogic meditative practitioners: Sustained modulation of electrical brain potentials. Journal of Psychophysiology, 25(2), 87-94.

  33. Goyal, M., Haythornthwaite, J., Levine, D., Becker, D., Vaidya, D., Hill-Briggs, F., et al. (2010). Intensive meditation for refractory pain and symptoms. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(6), 627-631.

  34. Grant, J. A., Courtemanche, J. r. m., Duerden, E. G., Duncan, G. H., & Rainville, P. (2010). Cortical thickness and pain sensitivity in zen meditators. Emotion, 10(1), 43-53.

  35. Green, R., & Turner, G. (2010). Growing evidence for the influence of meditation on brain and behaviour. [Review]. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 20(2), 306-311.

  36. Gregoski, M. J., Barnes, V. A., Tingen, M. S., Harshfield, G. A., & Treiber, F. A. (2011). Breathing awareness meditation and LifeSkills Training programs influence upon ambulatory blood pressure and sodium excretion among African American adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 48(1), 59-64.

  37. Haaga, D. A., Grosswald, S., Gaylord-King, C., Rainforth, M., Tanner, M., Travis, F., et al. (2011). Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Substance Use among University Students. Cardiology research and practice, 2011, 537101.

  38. Hasenkamp, W., Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D., Duncan, E., & Barsalou, L. W. (2011). Mind wandering and attention during focused meditation: A fine-grained temporal analysis of fluctuating cognitive states. NeuroImage.

  39. Herron, R. E. (2011). Changes in physician costs among high-cost transcendental meditation practitioners compared with high-cost nonpractitioners over 5 years. American journal of health promotion: AJHP, 26(1), 56-60.

  40. Himelstein, S. (2011). Meditation research: The state of the art in correctional settings. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 55(4), 646-661.

  41. Hodgins, H. S., & Adair, K. C. (2010). Attentional processes and meditation. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal, 19(4), 872-878.

  42. Hofmann, S. G., Grossman, P., & Hinton, D. E. (2011). Loving-kindness and compassion meditation: Potential for psychological interventions. Clinical psychology review, 31(7), 1126-1132.

  43. Hussain, D., & Bhushan, B. (2010). Psychology of meditation and health: Present status and future directions. International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy, 10(3), 439-451.

  44. Jacobs, T. L., Epel, E. S., Lin, J., Blackburn, E. H., Wolkowitz, O. M., Bridwell, D. A., et al. (2011). Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(5), 664-681.

  45. Jang, J. H., Jung, W. H., Kang, D. H., Byun, M. S., Kwon, S. J., Choi, C. H., et al. (2011). Increased default mode network connectivity associated with meditation. Neuroscience letters, 487(3), 358-362.

  46. Jaseja, H. (2010). Potential role of self-induced EEG fast oscillations in predisposition to seizures in meditators. Epilepsy & Behavior, 17(1), 124-125.

  47. Johnson, D. P., Penn, D. L., Fredrickson, B. L., Kring, A. M., Meyer, P. S., Catalino, L. I., et al. (2011). A pilot study of loving-kindness meditation for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 129(2-3), 137-140.

  48. Josefsson, T. r., & Broberg, A. (2011). Meditators and non-meditators on sustained and executive attentional performance. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 14(3), 291-309.

  49. Josefsson, T., Larsman, P., Broberg, A. G., & Lundh, L.-G. (2011). Self-reported mindfulness mediates the relation between meditation experience and psychological well-being. Mindfulness, 2(1), 49-58.

  50. Joyce, A., Etty-Leal, J., Zazryn, T., Hamilton, A., & Hassed, C. (2010). Exploring a mindfulness meditation program on the mental health of upper primary children: A pilot study. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 3(2), 17-25.

  51. Jung, Y. H., Kang, D. H., Byun, M. S., Shim, G., Kwon, S. J., Jang, G. E., et al. (2011). Influence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and catechol O-methyl transferase polymorphisms on effects of meditation on plasma catecholamines and stress. Stress.

  52. Kaul, P., Passafiume, J., Sargent, C. R., & O'Hara, B. F. (2010). Meditation acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need. Behavioral and brain functions: BBF, 6, 47.

  53. Kerr, C. E., Jones, S. R., Wan, Q., Pritchett, D. L., Wasserman, R. H., Wexler, A., et al. (2011). Effects of mindfulness meditation training on anticipatory alpha modulation in primary somatosensory cortex. Brain Research Bulletin, 85(3-4), 96-103.

  54. Kerr, C. E., Josyula, K., & Littenberg, R. (2011). Developing an observing attitude: an analysis of meditation diaries in an MBSR clinical trial. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 18(1), 80-93.

  55. Kozasa, E. H., Sato, J. R., Lacerda, S. S., Barreiros, M. A., Radvany, J., Russell, T. A., et al. (2011). Meditation training increases brain efficiency in an attention task. NeuroImage.

  56. Kumar, S., Nagendra, H., Manjunath, N., Naveen, K., & Telles, S. (2010). Meditation on OM: Relevance from ancient texts and contemporary science. International journal of yoga, 3(1), 2-5.

  57. Lange, B. (2011). Cocreating a communicative space to develop a mindfulness meditation manual for women in recovery from substance abuse disorders. ANS. Advances in nursing science, 34(3), E1-E13.

  58. Lavallee, C. F., Hunter, M. D., & Persinger, M. A. (2011). Intracerebral source generators characterizing concentrative meditation. Cognitive Processing, 12(2), 141-150.

  59. Lavallee, C. F., Koren, S. A., & Persinger, M. A. (2011). A quantitative electroencephalographic study of meditation and binaural beat entrainment. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 17(4), 351-355.

  60. Lee, M. Y., Zaharlick, A., & Akers, D. (2011). Meditation and treatment of female trauma survivors of interpersonal abuses: Utilizing clients' strengths. Families in Society, 92(1), 41-49.

  61. Leite, J. R., Leite, F., Ornellas, M., Amemiya, T. M., de Almeida, A. A. F., Dias, A. A., et al. (2010). Effect of progressive self-focus meditation on attention, anxiety, and depression scores. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 110(3, Pt1), 840-848.

  62. Leite, J. R., Ornellas, F. L., Amemiya, T. M., de Almeida, A. A., Dias, A. A., Afonso, R., et al. (2010). Effect of progressive self-focus meditation on attention, anxiety, and depression scores. Perceptual and motor skills, 110(3 Pt 1), 840-848.

  63. Luders, E., Clark, K., Narr, K. L., & Toga, A. W. (2011). Enhanced brain connectivity in long-term meditation practitioners. NeuroImage, 57(4), 1308-1316.

  64. MacLean, K. A., Ferrer, E., Aichele, S. R., Bridwell, D. A., Zanesco, A. P., Jacobs, T. L., et al. (2010). Intensive meditation training improves perceptual discrimination and sustained attention. Psychological Science, 21(6), 829-839.

  65. Malinski, V. M., & Todaro-Franceschi, V. (2011). Exploring Co-Meditation as a Means of Reducing Anxiety and Facilitating Relaxation in a Nursing School Setting. Journal of holistic nursing: official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association.

  66. Manna, A., Raffone, A., Perrucci, M. G., Nardo, D., Ferretti, A., Tartaro, A., et al. (2010). Neural correlates of focused attention and cognitive monitoring in meditation. Brain Research Bulletin, 82(1-2), 46-56.

  67. Manocha, R. (2011). Meditation, mindfulness and mind-mptiness. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 23(1), 46-47.

  68. Manocha, R., Black, D., Sarris, J., & Stough, C. (2011). A randomized, controlled trial of meditation for work stress, anxiety and depressed mood in full-time workers. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM, 2011, 960583.

  69. McCollum, E. E., & Gehart, D. R. (2010). Using mindfulness meditation to teach beginning therapists therapeutic presence: A qualitative study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(3), 347-360.

  70. Mograbi, G. J. (2011). Meditation and the brain: attention, control and emotion. Mens sana monographs, 9(1), 276-283.

  71. Mohan, A., Sharma, R., & Bijlani, R. L. (2011). Effect of meditation on stress-induced changes in cognitive functions. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 17(3), 207-212.

  72. Moyer, C. A., Donnelly, M. P., Anderson, J. C., Valek, K. C., Huckaby, S. J., Wiederholt, D. A., et al. (2011). Frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry associated with positive emotion is produced by very brief meditation training. Psychological science, 22(10), 1277-1279.

  73. Nesvold, A., Fagerland, M. W., Davanger, S., Ellingsen, O., Solberg, E. E., Holen, A., et al. (2011). Increased heart rate variability during nondirective meditation. European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology.

  74. Newberg, A. B., Wintering, N., Khalsa, D. S., Roggenkamp, H., & Waldman, M. R. (2010). Meditation effects on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow in subjects with memory loss: A preliminary study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 20(2), 517-526.

  75. Newberg, A. B., Wintering, N., Waldman, M. R., Amen, D., Khalsa, D. S., & Alavi, A. (2010). Cerebral blood flow differences between long-term meditators and non-meditators. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal, 19(4), 899-905.

  76. Newman, B. Y. (2010). Meditation: A discussion. Optometry, 81(7), 333-334.

  77. Nolfe, G. (2011). EEG and meditation. [Editorial]. Clinical neurophysiology: official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.

  78. Oken, B. S., Fonareva, I., Haas, M., Wahbeh, H., Lane, J. B., Zajdel, D., et al. (2010). Pilot controlled trial of mindfulness meditation and education for dementia caregivers. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(10), 1031-1038.

  79. Oman, D., Thoresen, C. E., & Hedberg, J. (2010). Does passage meditation foster compassionate love among health professionals?: A randomised trial. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 13(2), 129-154.

  80. Orme-Johnson, D. W. (2011). The use of meditation in corrections. [Comment]. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 55(4), 662-664.

  81. Pace, T. W. W., Negi, L. T., Sivilli, T. I., Issa, M. J., Cole, S. P., Adame, D. D., et al. (2010). Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35(2), 310-315.

  82. Pace, T. W., Negi, L. T., Sivilli, T. I., Issa, M. J., Cole, S. P., Adame, D. D., et al. (2010). Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35(2), 310-315.

  83. Patra, S., & Telles, S. (2010). Heart rate variability during sleep following the practice of cyclic meditation and supine rest. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 35(2), 135-140.

  84. Pattanashetty, R., Sathiamma, S., Talakkad, S., Nityananda, P., Trichur, R., & Kutty, B. M. (2010). Practitioners of vipassana meditation exhibit enhanced slow wave sleep and REM sleep states across different age groups. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 8(1), 34-41.

  85. Peressutti, C., Martin-Gonzalez, J. M., J, M. G.-M., & Mesa, D. (2010). Heart rate dynamics in different levels of Zen meditation. International journal of cardiology, 145(1), 142-146.

  86. Perlman, D. M., Salomons, T. V., Davidson, R. J., & Lutz, A. (2010). Differential effects on pain intensity and unpleasantness of two meditation practices. Emotion, 10(1), 65-71.

  87. Prakash, R., Dubey, I., Abhishek, P., Gupta, S. K., Rastogi, P., & Siddiqui, S. V. (2010). Long-term Vihangam yoga meditation and scores on tests of attention. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 110(3, Pt 2), 1139-1148.

  88. Pritchard, M., Elison-Bowers, P., & Birdsall, B. (2010). Impact of integrative restoration (iRest) meditation on perceived stress levels in multiple sclerosis and cancer outpatients. Stress and Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 26(3), 233-237.

  89. Pruitt, I. T., & McCollum, E. E. (2010). Voices of experienced meditators: The impact of meditation practice on intimate relationships. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 32(2), 135-154.

  90. Raffone, A., & Srinivasan, N. (2010). The exploration of meditation in the neuroscience of attention and consciousness. Cognitive Processing, 11(1), 1-7.

  91. Rahul, A. G., & Joseph, M. I. (2011). Variations in the dimensions of free floating anxiety amongst university students who practice meditation. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 37(2), 283-290.

  92. Rosenthal, J. Z., Grosswald, S., Ross, R., & Rosenthal, N. (2011). Effects of transcendental meditation in veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom with posttraumatic stress disorder: a pilot study. Military medicine, 176(6), 626-630.

  93. Rosenzweig, S., Greeson, J. M., Reibel, D. K., Green, J. S., Jasser, S. A., & Beasley, D. (2010). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for chronic pain conditions: Variation in treatment outcomes and role of home meditation practice. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 68(1), 29-36.

  94. Rubik, B. (2011). Neurofeedback-enhanced gamma brainwaves from the prefrontal cortical region of meditators and non-meditators and associated subjective experiences. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 17(2), 109-115.

  95. Saeed, S. A., Antonacci, D. J., & Bloch, R. M. (2010). Exercise, yoga, and meditation for depressive and anxiety disorders. American family physician, 81(8), 981-986.

  96. Sahdra, B. K., MacLean, K. A., Ferrer, E., Shaver, P. R., Rosenberg, E. L., Jacobs, T. L., et al. (2011). Enhanced response inhibition during intensive meditation training predicts improvements in self-reported adaptive socioemotional functioning. Emotion, 11(2), 299-312.

  97. Salomons, T. V., & Kucyi, A. (2011). Does Meditation Reduce Pain through a Unique Neural Mechanism? The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 31(36), 12705-12707.

  98. Schoormans, D., & Nyklicek, I. (2011). Mindfulness and psychologic well-being: are they related to type of meditation technique practiced? Journal of alternative and complementary medicine, 17(7), 629-634.

  99. Semple, R. J. (2010). Does mindfulness meditation enhance attention? A randomized controlled trial. Mindfulness, 1(2), 121-130.

  100. Sibbritt, D., Adams, J., & van der Riet, P. (2011). The prevalence and characteristics of young and mid-age women who use yoga and meditation: results of a nationally representative survey of 19,209 Australian women. Complementary therapies in medicine, 19(2), 71-77.

  101. Sibinga, E. M., & Kemper, K. J. (2010). Complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine: meditation practices for pediatric health. Pediatrics in review / American Academy of Pediatrics, 31(12), e91-103.

  102. Sobolewski, A., Holt, E., Kublik, E., & Wrobel, A. (2011). Impact of meditation on emotional processing--a visual ERP study. Neuroscience research, 71(1), 44-48.

  103. Stubenrauch, J. M. (2011). Meditation as good as medication? The American journal of nursing, 111(3), 16.

  104. Tang, Y.-Y., Lu, Q., Geng, X., Stein, E. A., Yang, Y., & Posner, M. I. (2010). Short-term meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(35), 15649-15652.

  105. Tavee, J., & Stone, L. (2010). Healing the mind: meditation and multiple sclerosis. Neurology, 75(13), 1130-1131.

  106. Teixeira, E. (2010). The effect of mindfulness meditation on painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy in adults older than 50 years. [Randomized Controlled Trial]. Holistic nursing practice, 24(5), 277-283.

  107. Travis, F. (2011). Comparison of coherence, amplitude, and eLORETA patterns during Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi practice. International journal of psychophysiology: official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology.

  108. Travis, F., Haaga, D. A. F., Hagelin, J., Tanner, M., Arenander, A., Nidich, S., et al. (2010). A self-referential default brain state: Patterns of coherence, power, and eLORETA sources during eyes-closed rest and transcendental meditation practice. Cognitive Processing, 11(1), 21-30.

  109. van den Hurk, P. A. M., Giommi, F., Gielen, S. C., Speckens, A. E. M., & Barendregt, H. P. (2010). Greater efficiency in attentional processing related to mindfulness meditation. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63(6), 1168-1180.

  110. van den Hurk, P. A., Giommi, F., Gielen, S. C., Speckens, A. E., & Barendregt, H. P. (2010). Greater efficiency in attentional processing related to mindfulness meditation. Quarterly journal of experimental psychology, 63(6), 1168-1180.

  111. van den Hurk, P. A., Janssen, B. H., Giommi, F., Barendregt, H. P., & Gielen, S. C. (2010). Mindfulness meditation associated with alterations in bottom-up processing: psychophysiological evidence for reduced reactivity. International journal of psychophysiology: official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, 78(2), 151-157.

  112. van den Hurk, P. A., Wingens, T., Giommi, F., Barendregt, H. P., Speckens, A. E., & van Schie, H. T. (2011). On the Relationship Between the Practice of Mindfulness Meditation and Personality-an Exploratory Analysis of the Mediating Role of Mindfulness Skills. Mindfulness, 2(3), 194-200.

  113. van Vugt, M. K., & Jha, A. P. (2011). Investigating the impact of mindfulness meditation training on working memory: A mathematical modeling approach. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 11(3), 344-353.

  114. Vandana, B., Vaidyanathan, K., Saraswathy, L. A., Sundaram, K. R., & Kumar, H. (2011). Impact of integrated amrita meditation technique on adrenaline and cortisol levels in healthy volunteers. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM, 2011, 379645.

  115. Verma, G., & Araya, R. (2010). The effect of meditation on psychological distress among Buddhist Monks and Nuns. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 40(4), 461-468.

  116. Wagstaff, G. F., Wheatcroft, J. M., Caddick, A. M., Kirby, L. J., & Lamont, E. (2011). Enhancing witness memory with techniques derived from hypnotic investigative interviewing: Focused meditation, eye-closure, and context reinstatement. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 59(2), 146-164.

  117. Wang, D. J. J., Rao, H., Korczykowski, M., Wintering, N., Pluta, J., Khalsa, D. S., et al. (2011). Cerebral blood flow changes associated with different meditation practices and perceived depth of meditation. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191(1), 60-67.

  118. Wu, S. D., & Lo, P. C. (2010). Cardiorespiratory phase synchronization during normal rest and inward-attention meditation. International journal of cardiology, 141(3), 325-328.

  119. Xue, S., Tang, Y.-Y., & Posner, M. I. (2011). Short-term meditation increases network efficiency of the anterior cingulate cortex. NeuroReport: For Rapid Communication of Neuroscience Research, 22(12), 570-574.

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