Effortless Attention as a Biomarker for Experienced Mindfulness Practitioners.

The present study aimed at comparing frontal beta power between long-term (LTM) and first-time meditators (FTM), before, during and after a meditation session. We hypothesized that LTM would present lower beta power than FTM due to lower effort of attention and awareness.Twenty one participants were...

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Main Authors: Guaraci Ken Tanaka, Tolou Maslahati, Mariana Gongora, Juliana Bittencourt, Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez, Marcelo Marcos Piva Demarzo, Henning Budde, Silmar Teixeira, Luis Fernando Basile, Javier Garcia Campayo, Mauricio Cagy, Pedro Ribeiro, Bruna Velasques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4601770?pdf=render