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- Title
Meditation effect on brain function using EEG in randomized controlled studies: meta-analysis.
- Authors
Čakire, Santa; Vanags, Edmunds
- Abstract
Nowadays meditation is not only being practiced in the Eastern culture, but it has also become widespread in the Western world. This meta-analysis explored the effect of meditation on brain alpha wave action in adults in randomized controlled studies. The meta-analysis included three studies with a total sample of N = 94. The meta-analysis calculations show a small statistically significant effect r = 0.20 (p < 0.01). Therefore, specifically in this metaanalysis, meditation is shown to have a small effect on alpha brain waves. This is consistent with previous studies that have repeatedly concluded that meditation is capable of statistically significantly altering alpha wave values (Fan et al., 2014). Meditation has the potential of providing good intervention for achieving different goals for both healthy people and people with disorders. It is necessary to continue conducting both well-controlled experiments and their meta-analyses to identify the effects of meditation on brain activity in the general population, in the context of organizations and different occupational groups.
- Publication
Baltic Journal of Psychology, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 1/2, p139
- ISSN
1407-768X
- Publication type
Article