scholarly journals Neuromeditation: The Science and Practice of Combining Neurofeedback and Meditation for Improved Mental Health

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Tarrant
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Eeg Biofeedback ◽  
Treatment Intervention ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Original Case ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Brain

Beginning meditators often complain that they do not know if they are “doing it right” or give up before realizing significant benefits. Advanced meditators often reach a plateau and struggle to reach “the next level” of their practice. Modern researchers and practitioners are finding a possible new solution to these challenges by using EEG biofeedback to increase awareness of subtle states of consciousness and speed the learning process. By tracking brainwave activity in specific regions of the brain, we can tell if someone is focused or relaxed. We can tell if the mind is wandering, if they are engaged in body-based emotions, or if they have entered a space of internal quiet. By monitoring this activity and connecting it directly to the intent of the meditation, it is possible to help meditators learn to quickly enter a desired state of consciousness and maintain this state for increasing periods of time. This chapter will describe the early research conducted in this area along with an original case study conducted by the author. In addition, the author will describe the way this technology is being used as a treatment intervention for ADHD, anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

scholarly journals Using Connectivity to Explain Autism

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Adamek ◽  
Yu Luo ◽  
Joshua Ewen
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Explanation ◽  
Causal Explanation ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Reverse Engineer ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Brain

The chapters in this Handbook reveal the breadth of brilliant imaging and analysis techniques designed to fulfill the mandate of cognitive neuroscience: to understand how anatomical structures and physiological processes in the brain cause typical and atypical behavior. Yet merely producing data from the latest imaging method is insufficient to truly achieve this goal. We also need a mental toolbox that contains methods of inference that allow us to derive true scientific explanation from these data. Causal inference is not easy in the human brain, where we are limited primarily to observational data and our methods of experimental perturbation in the service of causal explanation are limited. As a case study, we reverse engineer one of the most influential accounts of a neuropsychiatric disorder that is derived from observational imaging data: the connectivity theories of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We take readers through an approach of first considering all possible causal paths that are allowed by preliminary imaging-behavioral correlations. By progressively sharpening the specificity of the measures and brain/behavioral constructs, we iteratively chip away at this space of allowable causal paths, like the sculptor chipping away the excess marble to reveal the statue. To assist in this process, we consider how current imaging methods that are lumped together under the rubric of “connectivity” may actually offer a differentiated set of connectivity constructs that can more specifically relate notions of information transmission in the mind to the physiology of the brain.

Hinduism and Counseling

2019 ◽  
pp. 211-222
Author(s):  
Devi Venashinee Muruges
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Mental Health Practitioners ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Indian Psychology ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
The Mind

Indian psychology lays enormous importance on the research of religious experiences and the expansion of approaches by which to accomplish them. In addition to that, it also provides understanding of the different states of consciousness. Hence, it is undeniable that Indian psychology will be able to make a definite therapeutic contribution to many psychological problems. For mental health practitioners dealing with Hinduism, there are teachings within various texts that directly strengthen counseling and mental services. Some of the examples include perceiving the conscious and the unconsciousness aspects of the mind, utilizing meditation to support people with mental health issues, yoga exercises to curb anxiety and stress, and many others. Therefore, this chapter intends to elucidate the application of Hinduism in therapy.

Hinduism and Counseling

2021 ◽  
pp. 567-578
Author(s):  
Devi Venashinee Muruges
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Mental Health Practitioners ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Indian Psychology ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
The Mind

Indian psychology lays enormous importance on the research of religious experiences and the expansion of approaches by which to accomplish them. In addition to that, it also provides understanding of the different states of consciousness. Hence, it is undeniable that Indian psychology will be able to make a definite therapeutic contribution to many psychological problems. For mental health practitioners dealing with Hinduism, there are teachings within various texts that directly strengthen counseling and mental services. Some of the examples include perceiving the conscious and the unconsciousness aspects of the mind, utilizing meditation to support people with mental health issues, yoga exercises to curb anxiety and stress, and many others. Therefore, this chapter intends to elucidate the application of Hinduism in therapy.

scholarly journals Potential Cross-Links of Inflammation With Schizophreniform and Affective Symptoms: A Review and Outlook on Autoimmune Encephalitis and COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Vasilevska ◽  
Paul C. Guest ◽  
Konstantin Schlaaff ◽  
Enise I. Incesoy ◽  
Harald Prüss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Viral Entry ◽  
Autoimmune Encephalitis ◽  
Biological Interaction ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Cross Links ◽  
General Guide ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Stepwise Scheme ◽  
The Brain

Based on current implications of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with regards to mental health, we show that biological links exist between inflammation and mental illness in addition to psychoreactive effects. We describe key principles of the biological interaction of the immune system and the mind, as well as the possible routes of viral entry into the brain. In addition, we provide a stepwise scheme for the diagnosis and therapy of autoimmune-encephalitis with schizophrenia-like symptomatology as a general guide for clinical practice and in the specialized scenario of infections, such as those caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

scholarly journals Mapping Meditative States and Stages with Electrophysiology: Concepts, Classifications, and Methods

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poppy Schoenberg ◽  
David R Vago
Keyword(s):  
Structure And Function ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Biological Structure ◽  
Contemplative Practices ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Neurobiological Substrates ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Brain

Exploration of human consciousness remains a final frontier within basic neuroscience; that is, how the finite biological structure and function of the brain gives rise to the seemingly infinite expanse that encompasses the terrain of the mind. Contemporary mindfulness and other contemplative practices across historical and post-modern traditions involve systematic forms of mental training that allow the practitioner to develop the mind in very specific and quantifiable ways. Some fundamental questions pertain to this scientific enquiry; (1) how to concisely classify discrete and developmentally-specific “mind states” of consciousness that are in line with the subtle complex phenomenology of experience so to yield ontological quantifications? (2) what measures best represent such classification/quantification systems? (3) can the present electrophysiological purview map developmentally-specified mind states and stages to neurobiological substrates, based on extant contention (i.e. discrete EEG band functionality, phenomenological significance, and underlying mechanisms) regarding the interpretation of EEG physiology?

scholarly journals Characterizing the Dynamical Complexity underlying Meditation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anira Escrichs ◽  
Ana Sanjuan ◽  
Selen Atasoy ◽  
Ane López-González ◽  
César Garrido ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resting State ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dynamical Regime ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Dynamical Complexity ◽  
The One ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Over Time

AbstractOver the past 2,500 years, contemplative traditions have explored the nature of the mind using meditation. More recently, neuroimaging research on meditation has revealed differences in brain function and structure in meditators. Nevertheless, the underlying neural mechanisms are still unclear. In order to understand how meditation shapes global activity through the brain, we investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics across the whole-brain functional network using the Intrinsic Ignition Framework. Recent neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that different states of consciousness differ in their underlying dynamical complexity, i.e., how the broadness of communication is elicited and distributed through the brain over time and space. In this work, controls and experienced meditators were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during resting-state and meditation (focused attention on breathing). Our results evidenced that the dynamical complexity underlying meditation shows less complexity than during resting-state in the meditator group but not in the control group. Furthermore, we report that during resting-state, the brain activity of experienced meditators showed higher metastability (i.e., a wider dynamical regime over time) than the one observed in the control group. Overall, these results indicate that the meditation state operates in a different dynamical regime than the resting-state.

scholarly journals ROLE OF BHRAMARI PRANAYAMA IN PREVENTION AND PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH - A REVIEW

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 3913-3918
Author(s):  
Pranita K Shinde ◽  
Kalpana Jadhao ◽  
Pradnya Shinde ◽  
Milind M Godbole
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Published Research ◽  
The Brain

Background -In today’s era lifestyle of people has become very mechanical. Everyone is running in a rat race for target achievement, which results in stress. This stress further effects on physical as well as mental health of an individual. Mental health is the balanced development of emotional attitudes and personality which live harmoniously with all society or community. Mental disorders are characterized by alternation in thinking, mood or behaviour associate with impaired functioning. Mental and behavioural disorders are found in all age groups, and the prevalence rate is about 10%. To overcome these problems, everyone should concentrate on prevention and promotion of health. For physical health healthy diet, daily regimen, seasonal regimen & exercise etc. are the preventive major, and for prevention of mental health Sadvrit-tapalan, application of Acharrasayana, yoga & meditation practises are essential. Yoga consists of eight processes, in this Pranayam is very important to achieve control on Indriyas that is sense organs. Bhramari Pranayam is one of significant type of Ashtakumbhaka & very easy to practice. Vibrations produced due to humming sound of Bhramari Pranayam affects directly on the hypothalamus of the brain, causing a resonance in mind which relieves stress and produces calmness and happiness in the whole body. This arti-cle deals with the role of Bhramari Pranayama in prevention and promotion of mental health to provide a better solution. Aim - To study the role of Bhramari Pranayama in prevention and promotion of mental health. Setting & Design – Literary study. Material & Methods - The present investigation is based on primary & secondary sources of data mainly collected from literature studies of various Ayurvedic Samhitas & texts as well as numerous published research articles. Results & Conclusions This study illustrates that Bhramari Pranayama plays an important role in prevention of mental health as well as curative effects on mental disorders like stress, anxiety depression. According to Ayurveda, regular practice of Bhramari Pranayama decreases the Raja and Tamadosha and increases Satvaguna, which further helps to build mental health. There is a considerable scope to study the effect of Bhramari Pranayam through clinical trials to develop the present study.

scholarly journals Nonlocal Perception: A Synthesis of the Meta-Analytic Evidence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizio Tressoldi ◽  
Lance Storm
Keyword(s):  
Human Mind ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Sense Organs ◽  
Free Response ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Normal States ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Physiological Reactions ◽  
The Brain

This brief study presents the accumulated evidence for a range of meta-analyses on nonlocal (anomalous) perception (a.k.a. a communication anomaly) conducted between 1935 and 2020. What emerged from thirteen meta-analyses related to six different states of consciousness, is a more than tenfold gap in effect size (ES), ranging from the lowest ES for forced-choice normal state of consciousness (i.e., non-noise-reduction), to the highest ES for free response unconscious physiological reactions and modified states of consciousness (e.g., dreaming, ganzfeld, etc.). The evidence accumulated over more than 80 years of investigation clearly shows that nonlocal perception is possible, and effects can be enhanced by altering normal states of consciousness, thus facilitating an alternative form of perception seemingly unconstrained by the normal biological characteristics of the sense organs and the brain. This research expands our understanding of the mind-brain relationship and the nature of human mind.

scholarly journals Sehat Jiwa pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Di RT 51 Kelurahan Kenali Besar Kecamatan Alam Barajo

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Vevi Suryenti Putri ◽  
Siti Makhruzah ◽  
Rd Hari Periza
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Change Behavior ◽  
The Face ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Provide Health Education

The 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) has not only threatened physical health, but has also threatened the mental health of many people. Some of the mental disorders that often arise today are emotional, stress, excessive anxiety, depression, and so on. Anxiety and mental disorders will then cause an imbalance in the brain, which in turn results in a psychic disorder, also known as psychosomatic.To increase public knowledge about covid -19 and understand mental health, and steps in maintaining mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic as an effort to change behavior so that later it can improve the degree of public health in RT 51 Kelurahan Kenali Besar Jambi City, interventions carried out are provide health education about mental health by thinking optimistically in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in education is observation, counseling and evaluation.After health education was carried out for residents of RT 51, Kenali Besar Village, 100% were able to explain the meaning of mental health by thinking optimistically in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic

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