Meditation acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need.
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| Abstract | :
A number of benefits from meditation have been claimed by those who practice various traditions, but few have been well tested in scientifically controlled studies. Among these claims are improved performance and decreased sleep need. Therefore, in these studies we assess whether meditation leads to an immediate performance improvement on a well validated psychomotor vigilance task (PVT), and second, whether longer bouts of meditation may alter sleep need. |
| Year of Publication | :
2010
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| Journal | :
Behavioral and brain functions : BBF
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| Volume | :
6
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| Number of Pages | :
47
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| Date Published | :
2010
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| URL | :
https://behavioralandbrainfunctions.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1744-9081-6-47
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| DOI | :
10.1186/1744-9081-6-47
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| Short Title | :
Behav Brain Funct
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