Meditation alters perceptual rivalry in Tibetan Buddhist monks.

Patellofemoral pain syndrome is a common diagnosis in athletes and especially runners. This article discusses 3 cases of patellofemoral pain caused by pronounced inactivity and prolonged knee hyperflexion at altitude in a unique population of…

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To ascertain whether or not attention is required for perceptual alternations to occur, we engaged subjects' attention with an attention-demanding task in the centre of the visual field and presented a rivaling stimulus (moving plaid or rotating…

Introduction: Recent evidence demonstrates that perceptual rivalry rate can be modulated by perturbation of the serotonergic system. Specifically, pharmacologically lowering the availability of serotonin results in slower rivalry rates. As it has…

When dissimilar images are presented to the two eyes, perception alternates spontaneously between each monocular view, a phenomenon called binocular rivalry. Functional brain imaging in humans was used to study the neural basis of these subjective…

This article is the first of two comparing findings of studies of advanced practitioners of Tibetan Buddhist meditation in remote regions of the Himalayas, with established results on long-term practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation…

Indo-Tibetan Buddhist literature is a vast field so that it is unavoidable for a feasible treatment of the present topic to drastically limit the scope of literature to pieces of writing valued as works of art, viz. to plays and poetry, including,…

This study aimed to ascertain whether there is an association between meditation and psychological distress.

Pt.1. The Buddhist Himalaya of Orgyan Chokyi. The religious world of the hermitess ; The life of the hermitess ; Sorrow and joy ; Women, men, suffering ; Religious practice. - Pt.2. The life of Orgyan Chokyi. - Appendix: Characters in the life of…

The Tibetan Buddhist classification of mind, its divisions and the system of meditation practices aimed at achieving ideal states of being are a complex presentation of psychological, behavioral and spiritual concepts and processes that demand…