Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice.

By Antoine Lutz, L. Greischar, N. Rawlings, M. Ricard, Richard J. Davidson. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2004

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Does Self-Compassion Mitigate the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Later Emotion Regulation Difficulties? A Preliminary Investigation (2011, background): “Neurological research suggests that self-compassion is associated with increased joy and optimism through the stimulation of pathways within the left prefrontal cortex (Lutz et al. 2004).”
The Use of Mindfulness Training to Create an ‘Accompanying Place’ for Social Work Students (2008, background): “According to Lutz et al. (2004), people can diffuse and rid themselves of ill feelings or negativity by augmenting the brain’s gamma waves which can be measured in the lab.”
Consciousness in the Universe: Neuroscience, Quantum Space-Time Geometry and Orch OR Theory (2011, background): “It may be noted that Tibetan monk meditators have been found to have 80 Hz gamma synchrony, and perhaps more intense experience (Lutz et al. 2004).”
Meditation and the Neuroscience of Consciousness: An Introduction (2007, background): “In our study (Lutz et al., 2004), we further showed that during this objectless meditation the ratio of fast-frequency activity”
The Coherent Heart Heart-Brain Interactions, Psychophysiological Coherence, and the Emergence of System-Wide Order (2009, background): “This study found that while the practitioners generated a state of “unconditional loving-kindness and compassion,” increases in gamma band oscillation and long-distance phase synchrony were observed.(122) The study’s authors suggest that the large increase in gamma band synchrony reflects a change i”
Self-compassion versus global self-esteem: two different ways of relating to oneself. (2009, background): “Lutz, Greischar, Rawlings, Ricard, and Davidson (2004) have found that compassion for self and others is linked to higher levels of brain activation in the left prefrontal cortex, a region associated with joy and exuberance.”
Consciousness in the universe: a review of the 'Orch OR' theory. (2014, background): “Quantum-mechanically (so long as OR has not taken place), the ‘physical reality’ of this situation, as provided by the evolving wavefunction, is being illustrated as an actual superposition of these two slightly differing space–time manifolds, as indicated on the right of Fig.”
Enhancing Compassion: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Compassion Cultivation Training Program (2013, background): “…has been associated with decreased negative affect and stress responses, and also with increased positive affect, social connectedness, and kindness towards oneself and others (Fredrickson et al. 2008; Hutcherson et al. 2008; Lutz et al. 2008; Lutz et al. 2004; Pace et al. 2009; Pace et al. 2010).”
Meditation states and traits: EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies. (2006, methodology): “…and novices who practiced the method for just 1 week were compared while engaged in three separate techniques: one-pointed concentration on an object, attention without object, and a state of nonreferential love and compassion (Lutz et al., 2004; Lutz, Greischar, Ricard, & Davidson, 2003).”
Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise (2008, background): “recorded from the same group of long-term meditators during the same meditation [3].”
Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources (2007, background): “On the basis of previous findings in expert meditators [6, 7 ], we hypothesized that 3 mo of intensive Vipassana”
Mindfulness: What Is It? Where Did It Come From? (2009, background): “More dramatic changes could be found in the brains of Tibetan monks who had between 10,000 and 50,000 hours of meditation practice ( Lutz, Grelschar, Rawlings, Richard, & Davidson, 2004 ).”