まとめ
超越瞑想の実践者は,セッション中にさまざまな睡眠段階に入ります. エレクトロエンセファログラムのデータは,多様な状態を明らかにし,単一の,ユニークな瞑想意識のアイデアに挑戦しました.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 心理学 心理学とは
- スリープ・サイエンス スリープ・サイエンス
背景:
- 超越瞑想は広く実践されているテクニックです.
- 瞑想の正確な生理学的および神経学的相関性は,現在も活発な研究分野である.
- 以前の研究によると,瞑想はユニークな脳波パターンを誘発し,意識の状態を変化させる可能性があるという.
研究 の 目的:
- 超越瞑想の実践中の睡眠段階の関与を調査するために.
- 瞑想中の電気脳波 (EEG) パターンと自然睡眠 (ナップ) 中のパターンを比較する.
- 超越瞑想が単一の,ユニークな意識状態を誘発するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 5人の経験豊富な超越瞑想の実践者が研究に参加しました.
- 瞑想セッション中に脳波 (EEG) の録音が行われました.
- 瞑想中のEEGデータと,同じ時間に昼寝した時のEEGデータを比較した.
主要な成果:
- 修行者は瞑想中に睡眠段階2,3,4に相当な時間を費やしました.
- 各睡眠段階に費やされた時間の長さは,セッションと被験者間でかなり異なっていました.
- 瞑想中のEEGパターンは,単一の均一なパターンではなく,さまざまな状態を示した.
結論:
- 超越瞑想の実践には,さまざまな自然な睡眠段階への移行が含まれます.
- 瞑想中の睡眠段階とEEGパターンの観察された変動性は,単一のユニークな瞑想状態の概念と矛盾しています.
- 瞑想は,単一の経験というより,生理的,意識的な状態のスペクトルを包含するかもしれません.
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