The Neuroscience of Meditation
Understanding Individual Differences

Reference on the individual differences in learning and practicing meditation

Yi-Yuan Tang (Author), Rongxiang Tang (Author)

9780128182666, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 25 February 2020

234 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg

The Neuroscience of Meditation: Understanding Individual Differences explores the individual differences in learning and practicing meditation, while also providing insights on how to learn and practice effectively. The book comprehensively covers the research in brain areas and networks that mediate the positive effects of meditation upon physical and mental health. Though it examines how people differ in how they learn and practice meditation, it underscores how underlying mechanisms differ in learning and practicing meditation and how they remain unclear to researchers. This book addresses the research gap and explores the brain science behind meditation.

1. Introduction2. Key Brain Areas/Networks in Meditation3. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Networks in Meditation4. How to Measure Individual Differences in Meditation5. Does Personality Contribute to Meditation6. Cultural Differences in Meditation7. Genetic Association with Meditation Learning and Practice8. Meditation over the Lifespan9. Personalized Meditation10. Staying Human in the Digital Age11. Common Questions and Answers in Meditation

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Experimental psychology [JML]