Deciphering expertise in meditation from neural signals
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/04/065384
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Ramajayam Govindaraj
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Meditators with minimum seven or more years of experience in Brahmakumaris Rajayoga meditation.
Ability to understand and speak English
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects on any psychotropic medications
Substance use in the last one month or dependence in last 6 months
Practice of multiple meditation or yoga techniques in the past 6 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method meditation proficiency in terms of IaSC (across sessions) and ISC (across subjects) values obtained from Correlated Component analysis (CCA) of EEG power spectrum in long-term meditators during multiple meditation sessions on two different days <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Repeated Cross-sectional <br/ ><br>Meditation session will be recorded twice in a day. Like this for two days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of EEG power spectrum based proficiency measures between meditation & other conditions like rest & a cognitive task to find out if there is any comparative difference during conditions different from meditation <br/ ><br>To find out if there is any correlation between EEG based proficiency measures with HRV outcomes & well-being related behavioral measuresTimepoint: Repeated Cross-sectional <br/ ><br>Meditation session will be recorded twice in a day. Like this for two days