标题: F-VEP AND ALPHA-SUPPRESSED EEG-PHYSIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF INNER-LIGHT PERCEPTION DURING ZEN MEDITATION
作者: Chang, Kang-Ming
Lo, Pei-Chen
电控工程研究所
Institute of Electrical and Control Engineering
关键字: electroencephalograph (EEG);flash visual evoked potential (F-VEP);Zen meditation;alpha-suppressed EEG;inner light;wavelet analysis
公开日期: 25-二月-2006
摘要: This paper firstly reports the visual response to the inner light (a form of qi) and the outside stimulus during Zen meditation. It has been reported literally that inner light perception is the common experience for prayers or Zen-meditation practitioners. In this paper, we propose a method to quantify the EEG (electroencephalograph) and F-VEP (flash visual evoked potential) that characterize this experience. Based on wavelet analysis, we derived a set of parameters that effectively signify the alpha-suppressed EEG pattern. Furthermore, this paper presents our new results of analyzing the F-VEP data, mainly the peak amplitude. The observation of little variation in amplitude during Zen meditation reflects a more stable visual perceptive system during Zen meditation that is contrary to the visual response of the control subjects under eye-closed relaxation.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4015/S1016237206000026
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/143953
ISSN: 1016-2372
DOI: 10.4015/S1016237206000026
期刊: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING-APPLICATIONS BASIS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume: 18
起始页: 1
结束页: 7
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