VR for Cognition and Memory

Reggente, Nicco

doi:10.1007/7854_2023_425

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“…Broadly, the stimuli should evoke a satisfaction akin to cleaning clouded sunglasses, offering both intrinsic reward and heightened sensory clarity. These "rewards" should be grounded in a naturalistic backdrop that has verisimilitude to the desired state in order to enhance ecological validity (Reggente et al, 2018;Reggente, 2023), seamlessly integrating into the meditation like the unnoticed presence of glasses on one's face, rather than a jarring cymbal crash celebrating newfound meditative depth. As meditation intensifies and desired states are attained, prolonged feedback should emphasize the associated perceptual shifts, echoing an 'eulerian amplification' that encourages one to sustain the state.…”

Section: Outcome-focused Designsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating the 'Zen Zeitgeist': The Potential of Personalized Neurofeedback for Meditation

Brandmeyer,

Reggente

2023

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The advancement of neurotechnological tools for meditation and mindfulness training may help to accelerate many of the transformational states and traits that result from consistent mindfulness practice. However, adopting a traditional one-size-fits-all approach in the development of neurotechnological tools, such as neurofeedback applications for meditation training, will likely limit the potential benefits; individual differences and compensatory mechanisms strongly impact both the efficacy of a given neurofeedback protocol, as well as how foundational meditation skills are acquired. Here we emphasize the importance of embracing individual differences and propose novel, personalized intervention technologies that sidestep potentially deleterious outcomes. Given the growing interest and research on the effects of meditation on the brain, behavior, and overall health, we briefly address some of the philosophical and cultural challenges associated with translating contemplative practices into neurotechnological applications, further accentuating the need for individualized and multimodal approaches.

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Section: Outcome-focused Designsmentioning

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Navigating the 'Zen Zeitgeist': The Potential of Personalized Neurofeedback for Meditation

Brandmeyer,

Reggente

2023

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“…In general, the sense of "being there" in a virtual environment (VE) activates brain regions relevant for representing an individual's spatial location (Reggente, 2023;Miller et al, 2013). For instance, studies of navigation utilizing VR simulations (Taube et al, 2013;Minderer et al, 2016) have revealed neural responses akin to those observed during real-life navigation (Domnisoru et al, 2013;Aronov and Tank, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards an ecologically valid naturalistic cognitive neuroscience of episodic memory and event cognition: A literature review and synthesis

Pooja,

Ghosh,

Sreekumar

2023

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The landscape of human memory and event cognition research has witnessed a transformative journey toward the use of naturalistic contexts and tasks. In this review, we track this progression from abrupt, artificial stimuli used in extensively controlled laboratory experiments to more naturalistic tasks and stimuli that present a more faithful representation of the real world. We argue that in order to improve ecological validity, naturalistic study designs must consider the complexity of the cognitive phenomenon being studied. Then, we review the current state of ``naturalistic'' event segmentation studies and critically assess frequently employed movie stimuli. We evaluate recently developed tools like lifelogging and other extended reality technologies to help address the challenges we identified with existing naturalistic approaches. We conclude by offering some guidelines that can be used to design ecologically valid cognitive neuroscience studies of memory and event cognition.

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“…Just as the chef gains a more nuanced and holistic understanding of a soup's character by tasting its variations (A1 and A2), rather than contrasting it with a salad (B), neuroscientists can gain deeper insights by examining the gradations within the meditative experience -differentiating between, for instance, a 'level 3' and 'level 4' meditative depth, however admittedly vague such numeric assignments may be. This method of focusing on the nuances within a singular state, rather than broad comparisons with other states, promises to deepen our comprehension of the neural correlates underlying microfluctuations of subjective states and aligns with the cognitive neuroscience tenet of studying phenomena veridically and with ecological validity (81)(82)(83). In the current study, we employ a highdimensional multivariate approach that embraces, rather than seeks to reduce, the inherent richness and complexity of the meditative experience and its neural correlates.…”

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Decoding Depth of Meditation: EEG Insights from Expert Vipassana Practitioners

Reggente,

Kothe,

Brandmeyer

et al. 2024

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In this proof-of-concept study involving expert Vipassana practitioners (n=34), we successfully decoded self-reported meditative depth using source-localized EEG activity in the theta, alpha, and gamma bands, revealing a remarkable accuracy in predicting these gradations in unseen sessions across two separate visits. Our finding suggests that neither conventional EEG channel-level methods nor an a priori chosen set of default mode network regions adequately captured the complex, non-linear neural dynamics associated with varying meditation depths, echoing the nuanced phenomenology characteristic of discrete meditative states. Additionally, we introduce "spontaneous emergence" as an effective experiential sampling method, where participants naturally report their meditative depth. This approach, more ecologically valid and less intrusive than traditional probing, yielded comparable decoding performance. These results hold implications for advancing neurofeedback techniques in meditation, indicating new directions for more precise neural patterning and computational methods, and enhancing our understanding and facilitation of meditative practices.

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VR for Cognition and Memory

Cited by 9 publications

References 268 publications

Navigating the 'Zen Zeitgeist': The Potential of Personalized Neurofeedback for Meditation

Navigating the 'Zen Zeitgeist': The Potential of Personalized Neurofeedback for Meditation

Towards an ecologically valid naturalistic cognitive neuroscience of episodic memory and event cognition: A literature review and synthesis

Decoding Depth of Meditation: EEG Insights from Expert Vipassana Practitioners

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