Re: Peak Alpha and Meditation

[Guest guest]

Thanks

Nice Studies.

Jay Gunkelman have good studies that shows that in fact there are differences according to the style of Meditation in the QEEG. This mail in in the Biofeedback list.

Also I wonder how might it looks the "little eyes open" Zen Meditation" (I never liked this), Those who Meditate near a wall with the sight with out focus.

Did you notice on the QEEG TOPOS the constant Flag Pattern of Bilateral Hemispheric Synchronization.

Alpha and Theta run form Occipital to Frontal.

Then the Crossover is produced and also the Morphology of Theta, we called "Transpersonal Theta" has a very regular sinusoid pattern, in the 7 hz band.

We found long time meditators have a constant absolute power concentrated in 7 hz band, and the non Meditator with strong Mesolimbic Scripts in 4 HZ passband.

And the fast run of Gamma form Frontal to Occipital.

Warm regards

www.qeeg.com.ar

Peak Alpha and Meditation

Gentlepeople,Several people have studied the brain wave patterns of meditators. We did aseries of studies when I was at Lexicor with different groups ofmeditators - Siddha (Muktananda), Kriya (Yogananda), Ningma (Tibetan) andTranscendental Meditators . The results were fairly similar comparinggroup to group. Tentative Conclusion: The type of meditation may not matteras the types surveyed all produced similar results.In comparing these meditators to a normative database and to brainmaps ofnon-meditators, the following observations were made:1. Meditators tend to have a higher frequency peak frequency Alpha thannon-meditators2. Meditators tend to have higher amplitudes EO and EC Alpha (8-12 Hz) thannon-meditators3. During meditation vs. the non-meditative state, Alpha amplitude doesn'tchange much if at all4. During meditation vs. the non-meditative state, Alpha coherence tends toincrease5. The amplitude of Theta (4-8 Hz) tends increase 50-200% during meditation6. The deeper the state of meditation, the greater the Theta amplitude tendsto increase7. Meditators tend to have a wider dynamic range of EC Alpha Coherence thannon-meditators both before and after meditation but the dynamic range tendsto be larger following meditationThe Dynamic Range of Alpha Coherence is defined as the difference betweenthe maximum percentage of Alpha Coherence and the minimum percentage ofAlpha coherence. Research has generally shown the wider (or larger) theDynamic Range of Alpha Coherence, the faster the reflexes respond, thehigher the level of concentration and information recall.These findings may indicate areas to consider in further research.best,

[Guest guest]

,

These are interesting results. Thanks for sharing them.

Did you correlate with the number of years of practice?

Are the numbers (statistical data) available? If so I'd like to get a copy.

Please send back channel.

Don Wilde

Peak Alpha and Meditation

> Gentlepeople,

>

> Several people have studied the brain wave patterns of meditators. We did

a

> series of studies when I was at Lexicor with different groups of

> meditators - Siddha (Muktananda), Kriya (Yogananda), Ningma (Tibetan) and

> Transcendental Meditators . The results were fairly similar comparing

> group to group. Tentative Conclusion: The type of meditation may not

matter

> as the types surveyed all produced similar results.

>

> In comparing these meditators to a normative database and to brainmaps of

> non-meditators, the following observations were made:

>

> 1. Meditators tend to have a higher frequency peak frequency Alpha than

> non-meditators

> 2. Meditators tend to have higher amplitudes EO and EC Alpha (8-12 Hz)

than

> non-meditators

> 3. During meditation vs. the non-meditative state, Alpha amplitude doesn't

> change much if at all

> 4. During meditation vs. the non-meditative state, Alpha coherence tends

to

> increase

> 5. The amplitude of Theta (4-8 Hz) tends increase 50-200% during

meditation

> 6. The deeper the state of meditation, the greater the Theta amplitude

tends

> to increase

> 7. Meditators tend to have a wider dynamic range of EC Alpha Coherence

than

> non-meditators both before and after meditation but the dynamic range

tends

> to be larger following meditation

>

> The Dynamic Range of Alpha Coherence is defined as the difference between

> the maximum percentage of Alpha Coherence and the minimum percentage of

> Alpha coherence. Research has generally shown the wider (or larger) the

> Dynamic Range of Alpha Coherence, the faster the reflexes respond, the

> higher the level of concentration and information recall.

>

> These findings may indicate areas to consider in further research.

>

> best,

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dr. Rocatti,

Could you elaborate on your comments and point me at the implied references. I am interested in your comments about transpersonal theta and the synchronization.

Thanks

Don Wilde

Re: Peak Alpha and Meditation

Thanks

Nice Studies.

Jay Gunkelman have good studies that shows that in fact there are differences according to the style of Meditation in the QEEG. This mail in in the Biofeedback list.

Also I wonder how might it looks the "little eyes open" Zen Meditation" (I never liked this), Those who Meditate near a wall with the sight with out focus.

Did you notice on the QEEG TOPOS the constant Flag Pattern of Bilateral Hemispheric Synchronization.

Alpha and Theta run form Occipital to Frontal.

Then the Crossover is produced and also the Morphology of Theta, we called "Transpersonal Theta" has a very regular sinusoid pattern, in the 7 hz band.

We found long time meditators have a constant absolute power concentrated in 7 hz band, and the non Meditator with strong Mesolimbic Scripts in 4 HZ passband.

And the fast run of Gamma form Frontal to Occipital.

Warm regards

www.qeeg.com.ar

[Guest guest]

Hi Don

Talk me backchannel about ehatyou need in specific way.

I can send you some QEEG topos.

Warm Regards

www.qeeg.com.ar

Re: Peak Alpha and Meditation

Thanks

Nice Studies.

Jay Gunkelman have good studies that shows that in fact there are differences according to the style of Meditation in the QEEG. This mail in in the Biofeedback list.

Also I wonder how might it looks the "little eyes open" Zen Meditation" (I never liked this), Those who Meditate near a wall with the sight with out focus.

Did you notice on the QEEG TOPOS the constant Flag Pattern of Bilateral Hemispheric Synchronization.

Alpha and Theta run form Occipital to Frontal.

Then the Crossover is produced and also the Morphology of Theta, we called "Transpersonal Theta" has a very regular sinusoid pattern, in the 7 hz band.

We found long time meditators have a constant absolute power concentrated in 7 hz band, and the non Meditator with strong Mesolimbic Scripts in 4 HZ passband.

And the fast run of Gamma form Frontal to Occipital.

Warm regards

www.qeeg.com.ar