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Deciphering expertise in meditation from neural signals

EEG signatures of meditation proficiency among long-term meditators: An exploratory study - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/04/065384
Enrollment
30
Registered
2024-04-08
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-29

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Observational study on long-term meditators Control Intervention1: Nil: Observational study

Sponsors

Dr Ramajayam Govindaraj
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Meditators with minimum seven or more years of experience in Brahmakumaris Rajayoga meditation. Ability to understand and speak English

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects on any psychotropic medications Substance use in the last one month or dependence in last 6 months Practice of multiple meditation or yoga techniques in the past 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
meditation proficiency in terms of IaSC (across sessions) and ISC (across subjects) values obtained from Correlated Component analysis (CCA) of EEG power spectrum in long-term meditators during multiple meditation sessions on two different days Timepoint: Repeated Cross-sectional Meditation session will be recorded twice in a day. Like this for two days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Comparison of EEG power spectrum based proficiency measures between meditation & other conditions like rest & a cognitive task to find out if there is any comparative difference during conditions different from meditation To find out if there is any correlation between EEG based proficiency measures with HRV outcomes & well-being related behavioral measuresTimepoint: Repeated Cross-sectional Meditation session will be recorded twice in a day. Like this for two days

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactPraerna Bhargav

National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences

arunsasi84@gmail.com080-26972277

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026