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Category Archives: loving kindness
Measuring loving kindness-compassion
To what extent can loving kindness and compassion be reliably measured? Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, compassion, loving kindness, personality, religious studies, Theravada Buddhism
Tagged Buddhism, loving kindness
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Putting the Meditator at the Centre of the Research
Meditators know the most about meditation, if science ignores them they miss a trick. Continue reading
Loving-kindness Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study
What is the effect of loving kindness meditation for post traumatic stress disorder Continue reading
Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise
Authors: Antoine Lutz, Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, Tom Johnstone, Richard J. Davidson Year: 2008 Title: Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise Summary: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) investigation of the insula and anterior cingulate cortices in … Continue reading
Posted in CM, compassion, LKM, loving kindness, neuroscience
Tagged amygdala, empathy, fMRI, positive emotional states, pSTS, TPJ
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Open Hearts Build Lives: Positive Emotions, Induced Through Loving-Kindness Meditation, Build Consequential Personal Resources
Authors: Barbara L. Fredrickson, Michael A. Cohn, Kimberly A. Coffe, Jolynn Pek and Sandra M. Finkel. Year: 2008 Title: Open Hearts Build Lives: Positive Emotions, Induced Through Loving-Kindness Meditation, Build Consequential Personal Resources Summary: Does meditation practice produce a cumulative effect? Is there a relationship … Continue reading
Loving-Kindness Meditation for Chronic Low Back Pain
Authors: James W. Carson, Francis J. Keefe, Thomas R. Lynch, Kimberly M. Carson, eeraindar Goli, Anne Marie Fras and Steven R. Thorp Year: 2005 Title: Loving-Kindness Meditation for Chronic Low Back Pain Summary: A pilot study on the effects of an … Continue reading
Posted in health psychology, LKM, loving kindness
Tagged anger, chronic low back pain, loving kindness, pain, psychological distress
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Loving-kindness Meditation Increases Social Connectedness
Loving kindness meditation Continue reading