Research

Biofeedback, Yoga and Altered States of Consciousness   (Article by Swami Tapasmurti Saraswati, Founder of Yoga Magazine. Based on Cade’s research and Mind Mirror.)

Sequential Awakened Mind   (Article by Anna Wise. Published by FutureHealth.org, “Winter Brain Papers,” 2007.)

Meditation and Neurofeedback (Article by Tracy Brandmeyer and Arnaud Delorme, Frontiers in Psychology/Consciousness Research, October 2013.)

Meditation, Creativity, Psychological Integration and more  (Study published by U.S. National Library of Medicine, February 2009.)

EEG Neurofeedback for Optimising Performance: A Review of Cognitive and Affective Outcome in Participants  (Meta-study published by Science Daily in July 2014.) 

First Direct Evidence of Neuroplastic Changes Following Brainwave Training  (Study published by Science Daily in March 2010.) 

Meditation Changes the Brain’s Electrical Patterns  (Article by Lisa Brunette of the University of Wisconsin. Drs. Richard Davidson and Antoine Lutz studies on gamma-producing Buddhist monks suggest that neural synchrony involved in the global coordination of brain activity induces short-term and long-term change in the brain. 

Meditation Rewires Attention and Emotion, Increases Cortical Thickness  (Study by Kang Do-Hyung, et al published in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.)

Meditation Stabilizes Attention and Working Memory (Study by Amishi Jha, et al. Article published in the New York Times Magazine)

Alpha Mindfulness Training Reduces Stress, Chronic Pain and Depression Relapse,      &     and Leads to Enhanced Cognitive Regulation and Metacognition  ( Study by C.E. Kerr, et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, published by PubMed.gov)

Gamma Study: Meditation Gives Brain a Charge (Washington Post writer Mark Kaufman synthesizes Dr. Richard Davidson’s research on Buddhist monks, neuroplastic changes to the left prefrontal cortex, and gamma waves arising out of attentional focus and compassion meditation. 2005)

Scans of Monks’ Brains Show Meditation Alters Structure, Functioning   (Article by Sharon Begley. Science Journal/Wall Street Journal, November 2004)

Long-Term Meditators Self-Induce High-Amplitude Gamma Synchrony During Mental Practice   (Study by Antoine Lutz, et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States)

How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time  ( Article By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Time Magazine, January 2006. How meditation sharpens the mind and mitigates age-related attenuation by thickening the frontal cortex.)

Noninvasive Brain Wave Treatment Reduces Alzheimer’s Pathology, Improves Memory in Mice. (Recent NIA-supported research offers evidence in mice that stimulation of gamma brain waves reduces Alzheimer’s-related proteins and slows neurodegeneration association with the disease. NIH publication, 2019.)