Open AccessĀnāpāna: Neuro-engineering of Mindfulness
Author(s) -
Carlos Diego Ferrín Bolaños,
Esteban Mauricio Correa Agudelo,
Andres Mauricio Hernandez Camacho,
Juan Diego Gómez
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scientia et technica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-7214
pISSN - 0122-1701
DOI - 10.22517/23447214.9951
Subject(s) - meditation , mindfulness , mind wandering , anxiety , task (project management) , psychology , natural (archaeology) , mindfulness meditation , process (computing) , computer science , depression (economics) , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , engineering , neuroscience , cognition , psychiatry , philosophy , theology , systems engineering , archaeology , history , operating system , macroeconomics , economics
Meditation benefits have been widely supported by many research works. It is considered a natural way of reducing stress, depression, and other anxiety disorders. However, meditation process is a breathe pursuing task that requires long time training to avoid the so-called mind wandering. In this work, we propose a neural-feedback system that detects when mind wanders and generates an audible signal, this way patient’s attention is recovered back again. Finally, we support our approach by testing the system on novice and advanced meditators.