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Entrainment of chaotic activities in brain and heart during MBSR mindfulness training 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Gao, J.,Fan, J.,Wu, B. W.,Zhang, Z.,Chang, C.,Hung, Y. S.,Fung, P. C.,Sik, H. h.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
  • 출판년도2016
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Neuroscience letters
  • 발행사항Vol.616No.-[2016]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0304-3940
  • 소개/요약The activities of the brain and the heart are dynamic, chaotic, and possibly intrinsically coordinated. This study aims to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the chaoticity of electronic activities of the brain and the heart rate, and explore their potential correlation. Electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) were recorded at the beginning of an 8-week standard MBSR training course and after the course. EEG spectrum analysis was carried out, wavelet entropies (WE) of EEG (together with reconstructed cortical sources) and heart rate were calculated, and their correlation was investigated. We found enhancement of EEG power of alpha and beta waves and lowering of delta waves power during MBSR meditation state as compared to normal resting state wavelet entropy analysis indicated that MBSR meditation could reduce the chaotic activity of both EEG and heart rate as a change of state. However, longitudinal change of trait may need more long-term training. For the first time, our data demonstrated that the chaotic activities of the brain and the heart became more coordinated during MBSR meditation, suggesting that mindfulness training may increase the entrainment between mind and body. The 3D brain regions involved in the change in mental states were identified.