Patanjali and neuroscientific research on meditation

Frontiers in Psychology

Klaus B. Bærentsen¹ 

关键词: Patanjali;    meditation;    brain processes;    consciousness;    resting state;    contrastive method in fMRI;    functional brain networks;    dynamical systems;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00915

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The definition of meditation (or yoga) by Patanjali as “restriction (or stilling) of the fluctuations of the mind” (cf, Woods, 1927/2003, p. xxx, 8) may be an appropriate starting point for research on meditation using fMRI. An operational definition of the neural substrate of meditation which is adequate to Patanjalis definition, may be developed on the basis of a non-reductionistic understanding of the neural underpinnings of the mind in terms of dynamical functional brain systems.

【 授权许可】

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