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Meditation alters perceptual rivalry in Tibetan Buddhist monks
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Neuroscientific studies of the mind are likely to benefit from the insights and skills of Tibetan Buddhist monks who have practiced the historic tradition of meditative training over many years — a point made recently at a forum between a selection of Buddhist leaders and distinguished scientists [1]. Perceptual rivalries, such as binocular rivalry [2] and motion induced blindness [3], are being used to study the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness and attention [2,4], as they involve fluctuations in conscious awareness despite unchanging external stimulation.
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“Besides observing unique changes, which existed during meditation, several studies have previously reported meditation induced long-term changes in brain structure (Lazar et al. 2005), attentional processing (Carter et al. 2005), and emotional processing (Goldin and Gross 2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Carter, O. L., Presti, D. E., Callistemon, C., Ungerer, Y., Liu, G. B., & Pettigrew, J. D.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Corresponding author
- Carter, O.L.
- Pettigrew, J.D.
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-06
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- R412-R413
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2003131878
- Cited by
- 262
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 6.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Heffter Research Institute
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Keywords
- meditation, perceptual rivalry, Tibetan Buddhist monks, binocular rivalry, motion-induced blindness, consciousness, attention
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Buddhism, Clergy, Consciousness, Humans, India, Motion Perception, Visual Perception, Vision, Binocular, Vision Disparity, Tibet, Meditation
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