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Lower trait frontal theta activity in mindfulness meditators
Tanaka,Guaraci Ken; Peressutti,Caroline; Teixeira,Silmar; Cagy,Mauricio; Piedade,Roberto; Nardi,Antonio Egídio; Ribeiro,Pedro; Velasques,BrunaAcute and long-term effects of mindfulness meditation on theta-band activity are not clear. The aim of this study was to investigate frontal theta differences between long- and short-term mindfulness practitioners before, during, and after mindfulness meditation. Twenty participants were recruited, of which 10 were experienced Buddhist meditators. Despite an acute increase in the theta activity during meditatio...
Cognitive mechanisms and motor control during a saccadic eye movement task: evi...
Diniz,Claudia; Velasques,Bruna; Bittencourt,Juliana; Peressutti,Caroline; Machado,Sergio; Teixeira,Silmar; Santos,Joana Luz; Salles,José InácioThe saccadic movement is an important behavioral measure used to investigate several cognitive processes, including attention and sensorimotor integration. The present study aimed at investigating changes in beta coherence over frontal, motor, occipital, and parietal cortices during the performance of two different conditions of a prosacadic paradigm. The conditions involved a different pattern of stimulus pres...