Journal article
Spectral power and functional connectivity changes during mindfulness meditation with eyes open: A magnetoencephalography (MEG) study in long-term meditators
WP Wong, DA Camfield, W Woods, J Sarris, A Pipingas
International Journal of Psychophysiology | Published : 2015
Abstract
Whilst a number of previous studies have been conducted in order to investigate functional brain changes associated with eyes-closed meditation techniques, there is a relative scarcity in the literature with regards to changes occurring during eyes-open meditation. The current project used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate differences in spectral power and functional connectivity between 11 long-term mindfulness meditators (LTMMs) with >. 5. years of experience and 12 meditation-naïve control participants both during baseline eyes-open rest and eyes-open open-monitoring (OM) mindfulness meditation. During resting with eyes-open, prior to meditating, greater mean alpha power was obs..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We warmly thank all the participants for partaking in our study and Dr. Rachel Batty and Mr. Richard Nibbs who both assisted with the acquisition of the neuroimaging data. We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of Ms Kate Cox who narrated the audio instructions for the novice meditators listed in Appendix A. This study was supported by research grants through the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design in Swinburne University of Technology. Dr. J. Sarris is supported by a CR Roper Fellowship.s