The principles of psychology, Vol I.

James, William

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“…The self process comprises functions such as self awareness, autobiographic memory, agency, and embodiment (see e.g. Blanke and Arzy, 2005;Conway, 2005;Esslen et al, 2008;Farrer and Frith, 2002;Jantz and Beringer, 1944;James, 1890).…”

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Reduced functional connectivity between cortical sources in five meditation traditions detected with lagged coherence using EEG tomography

Lehmann¹,

Faber²,

Tei

et al. 2012

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Brain functional states are established by functional connectivities between brain regions. In experienced meditators (13 Tibetan Buddhists, 15 QiGong, 14 Sahaja Yoga, 14 Ananda Marga Yoga, 15 Zen), 19-channel EEG was recorded before, during and after that meditation exercise which their respective tradition regards as route to the most desirable meditative state. The head surface EEG data were recomputed (sLORETA) into 19 cortical regional source model time series. All 171 functional connectivities between regions were computed as 'lagged coherence' for the eight EEG frequency bands (delta through gamma). This analysis removes ambiguities of localization, volume conduction-induced inflation of coherence, and reference-dependence. All significant differences (corrected for multiple testing) between meditation compared to no-task rest before and after meditation showed lower coherence during meditation, in all five traditions and eight (inhibitory as well as excitatory) frequency bands. Conventional coherence between the original head surface EEG time series very predominantly also showed reduced coherence during meditation. The topography of the functional connectivities was examined via PCAbased computation of principal connectivities. When going into and out of meditation, significantly different connectivities revealed clearly different topographies in the delta frequency band and minor differences in the beta-2 band. The globally reduced functional interdependence between brain regions in meditation suggests that interaction between the self process functions is minimized, and that constraints on the self process by other processes are minimized, thereby leading to the subjective experience of noninvolvement, detachment and letting go, as well as of all-oneness and dissolution of ego borders during meditation. AbstractBrain functional states are established by functional connectivities between brain regions. In experienced meditators (13 Tibetan Buddhists, 15 QiGong, 14 Sahaja Yoga, 14 Ananda Marga Yoga, 15 Zen), 19-channel EEG was recorded before, during and after that meditation exercise which their respective tradition regards as route to the most desirable meditative state. The head surface EEG data were recomputed (sLORETA) into 19 cortical regional source model time series. All 171 functional connectivities between regionswere computed as 'lagged coherence' for the eight EEG frequency bands (delta through gamma). This analysis removes ambiguities of localization, volume conduction-induced inflation of coherence, and reference-dependence. All significant differences (corrected for multiple testing) between meditation compared to no-task rest before and after meditation showed lower coherence during meditation, in all five traditions and eight (inhibitory as well as excitatory) frequency bands. Conventional coherence between the original head surface EEG time series very predominantly also showed reduced coherence during meditation. The topography of the functional connectivities was examined ...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Reduced functional connectivity between cortical sources in five meditation traditions detected with lagged coherence using EEG tomography

Lehmann¹,

Faber²,

Tei

et al. 2012

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“…Do we localize our self according to where we feel our body to be (somatosensory cues), where we see our body to be (visual cues) or at the origin of our visual perspective? The empirical study of bodily self-consciousness has proven difficult, because the body is always there (James, 1890) and never a discrete object of perception. Thus Edmund Husserl (1952) noticed that ''I do not have the possibility of distancing myself from my body, nor it from me.…”

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Spatial aspects of bodily self-consciousness

Lenggenhager

Mouthon

Blanke

2009

Consciousness and Cognition

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a b s t r a c tVisual, somatosensory, and perspectival cues normally provide congruent information about where the self is experienced. Separating those cues by virtual reality techniques, recent studies found that self-location was systematically biased to where a visual-tactile event was seen. Here we developed a novel, repeatable and implicit measure of self-location to compare and extend previous protocols. We investigated illusory self-location and associated phenomenological aspects in a lying body position that facilitates clinically observed abnormal self-location (as on out-of-body experiences). The results confirm that the self is located to where touch is seen. This leads to either predictable lowering or elevation of self-localization, and the latter was accompanied by sensations of floating, as during out-of-body experiences. Using a novel measurement we show that the unitary and localized character of the self can be experimentally separated from both the origin of the visual perspective and the location of the seen body, which is compatible with clinical data.

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“…Interest in the self has a long history (James, 1890(James, /1955Mead, 1934;Rosenberg, 1965), and research on the self shows little sign of waning (Baumeister & Vohs, 2004;Leary & Tangney, 2003;Sedikides & Gregg, 2003). Knowledge about the self has been augmented more recently by biologically oriented approaches, such as work on links between the prefrontal cortex and processes involved in selfregulation (Davidson & Irwin, 1999) and work pertaining to genetic influences on self-esteem (Neiss, Sedikides, & Stevenson, 2002).…”

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Executive Self, Self-Esteem, and Negative Affectivity: Relations at the Phenotypic and Genotypic Level.

Neiss¹,

Stevenson²,

Sedikides³

et al. 2005

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Complementary approaches examined the relations among executive self, self-esteem, and negative affectivity. A cross-sectional (N ϭ 4,242) and a longitudinal (N ϭ 158) study established that self-esteem mediated the relation between executive self and negative affectivity. A 3rd study (N ϭ 878 twin pairs) replicated this pattern and examined genetic and environmental influences underlying all 3 phenotypes. Covariation among the 3 phenotypes reflected largely common genetic influences, although unique genetic effects explained variability in both executive self and negative affectivity. Executive self was influenced by shared environmental influences unique from those affecting self-esteem and negative affectivity. Nonshared environmental influences accounted for the majority of variance in each construct and were primarily unique to each. The unique genetic and nonshared environmental influences support the proposition that the executive self, self-esteem, and negative affectivity capture distinct and important differences between people.

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The principles of psychology, Vol I.

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Reduced functional connectivity between cortical sources in five meditation traditions detected with lagged coherence using EEG tomography

Reduced functional connectivity between cortical sources in five meditation traditions detected with lagged coherence using EEG tomography

Spatial aspects of bodily self-consciousness

Executive Self, Self-Esteem, and Negative Affectivity: Relations at the Phenotypic and Genotypic Level.

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