A5088826914- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Music Therapy and Health
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Problem and Project Based Learning
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Mind wandering and attention
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
The University of Melbourne
1993-2025
Australian Catholic University
2024
St. Albans School
2024
Melbourne Health
2023
Information Technology University
2023
The University of Western Australia
2022
Université de Montréal
2021
Université de Sherbrooke
2021
Harvard University
2018
Boston University
2018
Abstract Advanced meditation such as jhana can produce various altered states of consciousness (jhanas) and cultivate rewarding psychological qualities including joy, peace, compassion, attentional stability. Mapping the neurobiological substrates inform development application advanced to enhance well‐being. Only two prior studies have attempted investigate neural correlates meditation, rarity adept practitioners has largely restricted size extent these studies. Therefore, examining...
Abstract As the global health crisis unfolded, many academic conferences moved online in 2020. This move has been hailed as a positive step towards inclusivity its attenuation of economic, physical, and legal barriers effectively enabled individuals from groups that have traditionally underrepresented to join participate. A number studies outlined how moving made it possible gather more community increased opportunities for with various constraints, e.g., caregiving responsibilities. Yet,...
Meditation is suggested to enhance psychological well-being through sustained cultivation of interoceptive attention and emotion regulation, yet objective neurophysiological markers meditative depth remain inconsistent largely CNS-focused, overlooking mechanisms. Heartbeat-evoked potentials (HEPs)—cortical responses cardiac signals—offer a psychophysiological index awareness attentional states. This study investigated whether HEPs systematically track self-reported meditation in expert...
The TyrR protein is involved in both repression and activation of the genes regulon. Correction an error a previously published sequence has revealed Cro-like helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain near carboxyl terminus. Site-directed mutagenesis this region generated number mutants that can no longer repress or activate. Deletions amino acid residues 5 to 42 produced could but not central contains ATP-binding site homologous with NtrC family activator proteins. A mutation other mutations...
Meditation is a family of ancient and contemporary contemplative mind-body practices that can modulate psychological processes, awareness, mental states. Over the last 40 years, clinical science has manualised meditation designed various interventions (MIs), have shown therapeutic efficacy for disorders including depression, pain, addiction, anxiety. past decade, neuroimaging examined neuroscientific basis practices, effects, states, outcomes non-clinical populations. However,...
Mapping the neurobiology of meditation has been bolstered by functional MRI (fMRI) research, with advancements in ultra-high field 7 Tesla fMRI further enhancing signal quality and neuroanatomical resolution. Here, we utilize to examine neural substrates replicate existing widespread findings, after accounting for relevant physiological confounds.In this feasibility study, scanned 10 beginner meditators (N = 10) while they either attended breathing (focused attention meditation) or engaged...
Abstract Behavioral traits are rarely considered in task‐evoked functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, yet these can affect how an individual engages with the task, and thus lead to heterogeneity brain responses. We aimed investigate whether interindividual variation behavior associates accuracy of predicting changes dynamics connectivity measured MRI. developed a novel method called multi‐timepoint pattern analysis (MTPA), which binary logistic regression classifiers were...
As the global health crisis unfolded throughout world, many academic conferences moved online in 2020. This move has been hailed as a positive step towards inclusivity its attenuation of economic, physical and legal barriers effectively enabled individuals who have traditionally underrepresented to join participate. A number studies outlined how moving made it possible gather more community increased opportunities for with various constraints, e.g. caregiving responsibilities. Yet, mere...
The boundaries between traditional engineering disciplines are breaking down.It is increasingly important for students to be equipped with the ability integrate complex concepts across tackle real world problems.Biomedical a discipline that marries from mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering, as well computer science develop technologies improve human health.Most existing biomedical curricula, however, do not reflect this transdisciplinary integration.These typically introduced in...
Abstract Background Brooding is a critical symptom and prognostic factor of major depressive disorder (MDD), which involves passively dwelling on self-referential dysphoria related abstractions. The neurobiology brooding remains under characterized. We aimed to elucidate neural dynamics underlying brooding, explore their responses neurofeedback intervention in MDD. Methods investigated functional MRI (fMRI) dynamic network connectivity (dFNC) 36 MDD subjects 26 healthy controls (HCs) during...
In everyday life, we are often distracted by our thoughts and feelings. We can even fail to notice that spend a lot of time daydreaming when want be focusing on something else. Sometimes, if distracted, it hard turn attention back whatever were doing. Distraction difficulty controlling cause various problems. For example, some students find difficult learn because frequent distractions not paying in class. other people, repeatedly thinking about bad memories or worries affect their moods....
Abstract Background Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) in major depressive disorder (MDD) involves persistent focus on self-related experiences. Resting-state fMRI shows that the functional connectivity (FC) between insula and superior temporal sulcus is critical to RNT intensity. This study examines how insular FC patterns differ resting-state RNT-induction MDD healthy participants (HC). Methods Forty-one individuals with twenty-eight HCs (total n=69) underwent scans. Seed-to-whole brain...
Meditation can benefit well-being and mental health, but novices often struggle to effectively recognize disengage from processes during meditation due limited awareness, potentially diminishing meditation's benefits. We investigated whether personalised high-precision neurofeedback (NF) improve disengagement activity enhance outcomes. In a single-blind, controlled, longitudinal paradigm, 40 novice meditators underwent two consecutive days of training with intermittent visual feedback either...
Abstract Objectives Mapping the neurobiology of meditation using 3 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) has burgeoned recently. However, limitations in signal quality and neuroanatomical resolution have impacted reliability precision extant findings. Although ultra-high strength 7 overcomes these limitations, investigation fMRI is still its infancy. Methods In this feasibility study, we scanned 10 individuals who were beginner meditators while they performed focused attention non-focused rest. We...
ABSTRACT The functional significance of resting state networks and their abnormal manifestations in psychiatric disorders are firmly established, as is the importance cortical rhythms mediating these networks. Resting known to undergo substantial reorganization from childhood adulthood, but whether distinct rhythms, which generated by separable neural mechanisms often manifested abnormally conditions, mediate maturation differentially, remains unknown. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) map...