--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@...> wrote: > > Xeno, > > I'm surprised they didn't include TM on the list.
Not every researcher is familiar with TM. It is conceivable that meditators practicing TM, if contacted for the study, shied away because it involved MRI scans of the brain, taking 1mm slices to get a 3D image of the brain. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Apr 19, 2012, at 1:10 AM, John wrote: > > > > > > > The study states as follows: > > > > > > > > http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business-tech/science/ > > > > 120315/meditation-can-speed-the-brain-researchers-say > > > > > > This of course applies to Mindfulness Meditation practitioners, the > > > most researched form of meditation in the world. > > > > > > http://www.frontiersin.org/human_neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum. > > > 2012.00034/abstract > > > > > > http://www.frontiersin.org/SearchData.aspx?sq=meditation > > > > Here is the actual list of meditation types used in the study (each line > > represents one practitioner, some of which meditated with more than one > > type of meditation: > > > > For a more complete list that includes years of practice and times > > practiced per week see > > http://c431376.r76.cf2.rackcdn.com/18600/fnhum-06-00034-r2/image_m/fnhum-06-00034-at001.jpg > > > > Samatha, Vipassana > > Samatha > > Not specified > > Zen > > Kriya > > Vipassana > > Samatha, Vipassana > > Vipassana > > Tibetan Buddhist Meditation > > Vipassana > > Samatha, Vipassana, Zen > > Kriya > > Vipassana > > Not specified > > Samatha > > Not specified > > Zen > > Raja Yoga Meditation > > Zen > > Samatha, Vipassana > > Not specified > > Vipassana > > Zen > > Not specified > > Vipassana > > Vipassana, Zen Vajrayana > > Mindfulness Meditation > > Vipassana > > Vipassana > > Vipassana > > Vipassana > > Buddhist Meditation > > Not specified > > Vipassana > > Vipassana > > Dzogchen, Vipassana > > Zen > > Sadhana, Samatha, Vipassana, > > Vipassana, Zen > > Dzogchen > > Vipassana > > Zen > > Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Vipassana > > Not specified > > Chenrezig > > Dzogchen, Vajrayana > > Samatha, Vipassana > > Not specified > > Kundalini > > >
