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dc.contributor.authorLiu, Chuan-Yien_US
dc.contributor.authorLo, Pei-Chenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-08T15:12:25Z-
dc.date.available2014-12-08T15:12:25Z-
dc.date.issued2008-04-01en_US
dc.identifier.issn1016-2372en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11536/9540-
dc.description.abstractThe observation of the inner-light perception in deep Zen meditation(14) has aroused our attention. Based on the recording of F-VEPs (. ash visual evoked potentials), this study was thus designed to investigate the characteristics of visual nervous pathway for the Zen-meditation practitioners ( experimental group), in comparison with that for the normal, healthy subjects ( control group). Flash stimuli were applied before, during and after meditation/ relaxation in experimental/ control subjects. We focused on the F-VEPs at the occipital site Oz, central site Cz and frontal site Fz. Our results show that amplitudes of late latency components N3-P3 and P3-N4 at Oz decrease for the experimental subjects during meditation, whereas they increase in the control group. Both Cz and Fz amplitudes increase during meditation, yet decrease during relaxation for the control group. The latencies of some components were increased under relaxation in control group, yet little variation ( except P2) is observed in the meditators. We also applied discrete wavelet transform to F-VEPs to analyze the frequency components. Our results showed that delta, theta and alpha components increased during meditation at some specific time periods. According to our findings, Zen meditation induces particular effects on the visual nervous system and cortex that are distinct from the normal relaxation.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleF-VEPs in Zen meditationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.journalBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING-APPLICATIONS BASIS COMMUNICATIONSen_US
dc.citation.volume20en_US
dc.citation.issue2en_US
dc.citation.spage115en_US
dc.citation.epage121en_US
dc.contributor.department電控工程研究所zh_TW
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute of Electrical and Control Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.wosnumberWOS:000256196100006-
dc.citation.woscount0-
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