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Identifying Gradations of The Meditation Experience
With funding from the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, The Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies will be conducting a series of basic research studies aimed at modeling the neurocognitive underpinnings supporting gradations in the meditative experience (i.e. different neural representations for deep vs. shallow periods of meditation). As a first step, we are conducting this pilot study to determine the feasibility of capturing these states as determined by a subject’s self-reported phenomenology.
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Outcomes
2024
- Reggente, N., Kothe, C., Brandmeyer, T., Hanada, G., Simonian, N., Mullen, S., Mullen, T. (2024) Decoding Depth of Meditation: EEG Insights from Expert Vipassana Practioners. Decoding Depth of Meditation: EEG Insights from Expert Vipassana Practioners.
Ganesan, S., Tsuchiyagaito, A., Siegle, G. J., Goldin, P. R., Eyler, L. T., Treves, I., . . . King, A. P. (2024). ENIGMA-Meditation: Worldwide consortium for neuroscientific investigations of meditation practices. ENIGMA-Meditation: Worldwide consortium for neuroscientific investigations of meditation practices
2024
- Brandmeyer, T., & Nicco Reggente. (2024). Navigating the “Zen Zeitgeist”: The Potential of Personalized Neurofeedback for Meditation. Navigating the “Zen Zeitgeist”: The Potential of Personalized Neurofeedback for Meditation.
2023
- Reggente, N. (2023). VR for Cognition and Memory. Curr Top Behav Neurosci. VR for Cognition and Memory.[PDF] [Blog Writeup]
2024
- Reggente, N., Brandmeyer, T., Simonian, N., Kothe, C. (2024). Decoding Depth of Meditation: Neurophysiological Insights from Expert Vipassana Practitioners. To be presented at Organization for Human Brain Mapping, South Korea
2024
Ubiquity University. (2024). Humanity Rising Day 936: IACS IV: Qualia Compass & Neuromodulatory Induction of Meditative States [YouTube]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCKXqA8LsuY
2024
- Nath, M., & Reggente, N. (November 2024). Heartbeat evoked potentials increase with meditative depth: Implications for personalized, multimodal neurofeedback. Real-time Functional Imaging Neurofeedback (rtFIN). Heidelberg, Germany. [Poster]
- Reggente, N., Kothe, C., Nath, M., Brandmeyer, T., Hanada, G., Simonian, N., Mullen, S., Mullen, T. (June 2024). Decoding Depth of Meditation: Neurophysiological Insights from Expert Vipassana Practitioners. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, South Korea. [Poster]
Contributors
Project Contributors
Avery Bedows
Research Consultant
Mihir Nath
Research Consultant
A.V. – Amir Vala Tavakoli
Junior Research Scientist
Tracy Brandmeyer, Ph.D.
Research Consultant
Pollyanna Esaghoolian
Research Assistant
Ninette Simonian
Lab Manager; Junior Research Scientist
Geena Wang
Research Assistant
Nicco Reggente, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Caitlin Lynch
Junior Research Scientist