MediRes – A thematic bibliography of current meditation research

This bibliography is moving to a new home. I am in the process of transferring it to our research website www.meditation-research.org.uk where the bibliography will appear with new, improved functionality at http://biblio.meditation-research.org.uk . Bear with me for a while until the transfer is complete. Work published since 2010 will now only be added tot he new bibliography.

The interest in meditation research is increasing exponentially and it is a challenge to keep abreast of these developments. I started this bibliography project to support everybody who is looking for scientific studies into buddhist meditation.
The bibliography is subdivided into several themes according to the main research perspective. Within each theme I furthermore distinguish between theoretical or review papers and empirical papers. The papers are sorted chronologically, from new to old.

Mindfulness literature
The number of studies evaluating the efficacy of various mindfulness-based interventions (MBSR, MBCT etc.) for various clinical and non-clinical populations is increasing exponentially and I am not able to keep up with these developments. These evaluation studies will only be included if they also shed light on the underlying psychological and physiological processes or I consider them for other reasons as very important. I will, however, link to other databases and bibliographies which also capture these studies and will include important reviews and meta-analyses.

As almost all of the articles are (also) published electronically I try to provide the links to these publications. In many cases access to respective online journals will be limited to subscriptions, but I try to also link to freely available versions of the article, for instance on the personal webpage of the authors.
You can contribute to this bibliography by sending me references of articles that are not yet listed here, and/or hyperlinks to already listed articles, especially if they are publicly available.
Please also report ‘dead’ links if you should come across any on this page.

I welcome all feedback on this page and hope that it is as useful to others as the bibliography is to me.

Cognition

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Lutz, A., Slagter, H. A., Dunne, J. D., & Davidson, R. J. (2008). Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(4), 163-169. [access article online]
• Cahn, B. R., & Polich, J. (2006). Meditation states and traits: EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies. Psychological Bulletin, 132(2), 180-211. [access article online]

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Empirical Papers

 
2009

• Bærentsen, K. B., Stødkilde-Jørgensen, H., Sommerlund, B., Hartmann, T., Damsgaard-Madsen, J., Fosnæs, M. & Green, A. C. (in press). An investigation of brain processes supporting meditation Cognitive Processing. [published online 31 Oct 2009] doi:10.1007/s10339-009-0342-3
• Cahn, B. R., Delorme, A. & Polich, J. (in press). Occipital gamma activation during Vipassana meditation. Cognitive Processing. [published online December 16, 2009] doi:10.1007/s10339-009-0352-1
• Cahn, B. R. & Polich, J. (2009). Meditation (Vipassana) and the P3a event-related brain potential. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 72, 51–60. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.03.013
• Kozhevnikov, M., Louchakova, O., Josipovic, Z. & Motes, M.A. (2009). The enhancement of visuospatial processing efficiency through Buddhist deity meditation. Psychological Science, 20 (5), 645 – 653. [access article online]
• Lutz,A., Slagter, H. A., Rawlings, N. B., Francis, A. D., Greischar, L. L. & Davidson, R. J. (2009). Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(42), 13418-13427. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1614-09.2009
• Moore, A. & Malinowski, P. (2009). Meditation, mindfulness and cognitive flexibility. Consciousness & Cognition, 18(1), 176-186. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2008.12.008
• Sears, S., & Kraus, S. (2009). I think therefore i om: cognitive distortions and coping style as mediators for the effects of mindfulness meditation on anxiety, positive and negative affect, and hope. Journal of Clinincal Psychology, 65 (6), 561-573.
• Schmertz, S. K., Anderson, P. L., & Robins, D. L. (2009). The relation between self-report mindfulness and performance on tasks of sustained attention. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 31(1), 60-66.
• van Leeuwen, S., Müller, N. G. & Melloni, L. (2009). Age effects on attentional blink performance in meditation. Consciousness and Cognition, 18(3), 593–599. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2009.05.001

2008/2007

• Chambers, R. H., Lo, B. C. Y., & Allen, N. B. (2008). The impact of intensive mindfulness training on attentional control, cognitive style, and affect. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 32, 303-322. doi:10.1007/s10608-007-9119-0
• Pagnoni, G., Cekic, M. & Guo, Y. (2008). "Thinking about Not-Thinking": Neural Correlates of Conceptual Processing during Zen Meditation. PLoS ONE, 3(9). [access article online]
• Anderson, N. D., Lau, M. A., Segal, Z. V., & Bishop, S. R. (2007). Mindfulness-based stress reduction and attentional control. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 14, 449-463.
• Brefczynski-Lewis, J.A. et al. (2007) Neural correlates of attentional expertise in long-term meditation practitioners. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 104, 11483–11488.[access article online]
• Chan, D., & Woollacott, M. (2007). Effects of level of meditation experience on attentional focus: is the efficiency of executive or orientation networks improved? The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 13(6), 651-657.
• Farb, N.A.S., Segal, Z., Mayberg, H., Bean, J., McKeon, D., Fatima, Z. & Anderson, A.K. (2007). Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of selfreference. Social, Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 2, 313-322.
• Jha, A. P., Krompinger, J., & Baime, M. J. (2007). Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 7(2), 109-119.
• Slagter, H. A., Lutz, A., Greischar, L. L., Francis, A. D., Nieuwenhuis, S., Davis, J. M., et al. (2007). Mental training affects distribution of limited brain resources. PLoS Biology, 5(6), e138.[access article online]
• Tang, Y.Y., Ma, Y., Wang, J., Fan, Y., Feng, S., Lu, Q., Yu, Q., Sui, D., Rothbart, M.K., Fan, M. & Posner, M.I., (2007). Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 104, 17152-17156. [access article online]

< 2007

• Carter, O. L., Presti, D. E., Callistemon, C., Ungerer, Y., Liu, G. B., & Pettigrew, J. D. (2005). Meditation alters perceptual rivalry in Tibetan Buddhist monks. Current Biology, 15(11), R412-413. [access article online]
• Wenk-Sormaz, H. (2005). Meditation can reduce habitual responding. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 11(2), 42-58.
• Lutz, A., Greischar, L. L., Rawlings, N. B., Ricard, M., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 101(46), 16369-16373.[access article online]
• Lehmann, D., Faber, P. L., Achermann, P., Jeanmonod, D., Gianotti, L. R. R., & Pizzagalli, D. (2001). Brain sources of EEG gamma frequency during volitionally meditation-induced, altered states of consciousness, and experience of the self. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging Section, 108, 111-121.
• Valentine, E. R., & Sweet, P. L. G. (1999). Meditation and attention: A comparison of the effects of concentrative and mindfulness meditation on sustained attention. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 2(1), 59-70.

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Emotion / Affect

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Chambers, R., Gullone, E., & Allen, N. B. (2009). Mindful emotion regulation: An integrative review. Clinical Psychology Review, 29(6), 560-572.doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2009.06.005

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Empirical Papers

• Kuehner, C., Huffziger, S., & Liebsch, K. (2009). Rumination, distraction and mindful self focus: effects on mood, dysfunctional attitudes and cortisol stress response. Psychological Medicine, 39(2), 219-228.
• Lin, P., Chang, J., Zemon, V. & Midlarsky, E. (2008). Silent illumination: a study on Chan (Zen) meditation, anxiety, and musical performance quality, Psychology of Music, 36 (2), 139-155. doi:10.1177/0305735607080840
• Lutz, A., Brefczynski-Lewis, J., Johnstone, T., & Davidson, R. J. (2008). Regulation of the neural circuitry of emotion by compassion meditation: effects of meditative expertise. PLoS ONE, 3(3), e1897. [access article online]
• Hölzel, B.K., Ott, U., Hempel, H., Hackl, A., Wolf, K., Stark, R. & Vaitl, D. (2007). Differential engagement of anterior cingulate and adjacent medial frontal cortex in adept meditators and non-meditators. Neuroscience Letters, 421, 16-21.
• Ortner, C. N. M., Kilner, S. J., & Zelazo, P. D. (2007). Mindfulness meditation and reduced emotional interference on a cognitive task. Motivation and Emotion, 31(4), 271-283.
• Nielsen L, & Kaszniak A. (2006). Awareness of subtle emotional feelings: A comparison of long-term meditators and nonmeditators. Emotion, 6(3), 392-405.
• Aftanas, L., & Golosheykin, S. (2005). Impact of regular meditation practice on EEG activity at rest and during evoked negative emotions. International Journal of Neuroscience, 115, 893–909.
• Murata, T., Takahashi, T., Hamada, T., Omori, M., Kosaka, H., Yoshida, H. & Wada Y. (2004). Individual trait anxiety levels characterizing the properties of Zen meditation. Neuropsychobiology, 50, 189-194. doi:10.1159/000079113    [access article online]
• Davidson, R. J., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkranz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S. K., et al. (2003). Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 564-570.
• Aftanas, L. I., & Golocheikine, S. A. (2001). Human anterior and frontal midline theta and lower alpha reflect emotionally positive states and internalized attention: high-resolution EEG investigation of meditation,. Neuroscience Letters, 310, 57-60. doi:10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02094-8    [access article online]
• Emavardhana, T. & Tori, C. D. (1997). Changes in self-concept, ego defense mechanisms, and religiosity following seven-day vipassana meditation retreats. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 36 (2), 194-206.
• Maupin, E. W. (1965). Individual differences in response to a Zen meditation exercise. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 29 (2), 139-145.

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Well-being

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Sharma, R. (2006). Meditation and mental well being. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 50 (3), 205-214.[access article online]
• Wallace, B. A., & Shapiro, S. (2006). Mental balance and well-being: Building bridges between Buddhism and Western Psychology. American Psychologist, 61(7), 690-701.
• Ekman, P., Davidson, R. J., Ricard, M., & Wallace, A. (2005). Buddhist and psychological perspectives on emotions and well-being. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(2), 59-63.

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Empirical Papers

• Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(5), 1045-1062.[access article online]

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Health and Health Care

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Ospina, M. B., Bond, K., Karkhaneh, M., Buscemi, N. Dryden, D. N., Barnes, V., Carlson, L. E., Dusek, J. A. & Shannahoff-Khalsa, D. (2008). Clinical Trials of Meditation Practices in Health Care: Characteristics and Quality. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 14 (10), 1199-1213. doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0307
• Ospina, M. B., Bond, K., Karkhaneh, M., Tjosvold, L., Vandermeer, B., Liang, Y., Bialy, L., Hooton, N., Buscemi, N., Dryden, D. M. & Klassen, T. P. (2007). Meditation practices for health: state of the research. Evidence Report / Technology Assessment, Report 155, 1-263. [access report online]
• Arias, A. J., Steinberg, K. Banga, A. & Trestman, R. L. (2006). Systematic review of the efficacy of meditation techniques as treatments for medical illness. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 12 (8), 817-832. doi:10.1089/acm.2006.12.817
• Shannahoff-Khalsa, D. (2006). A perspective on the emergence of meditation techniques for medical disorders. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 12 (8), 709-713.
• Lindberg, D. (2005). Integrative Review of Research Related to Meditation, Spirituality, and the Elderly. Geriatric Nursing, 26 (6), 372-377. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.09.013
• Cardoso, R., de Souza, E., Camano, L. & Leite, J. R. (2004). Meditation in health: an operational definition. Brain Research Protocols, 14 (1), 58-60. doi:10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.09.002    [access article online]

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Empirical Papers

• Zeidan, F., Gordon, N. S., Merchant, J. & Goolkasian, P. (2009). The effects of brief mindfulness meditation training on experimentally induced pain. The Journal of Pain, in press. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2009.07.015
• Grant, J. A. & Rainville, P. (2009). Pain sensitivity and analgesic effects of mindful states in Zen meditators: A cross-sectional study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71 (1), 106-114.
• Creswell, J. D., Myers, H. F., Cole, S. W., et al. (2009). Mindfulness meditation training effects on CD4+T lymphocytes in HIV-1 infected adults: A small randomized controlled trial. Brain Behavior and Immunity, 23(2), 184-188.
• Deepak, K. K., Manchanda, S. K. & Maheshwari, M. C. (1994). Meditation improves clinicoelectroencephalographic measures in drug-resistant epileptics. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 19(1), 25-40. doi:10.1007/BF01720668

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Physiology

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Chiesa, A. & Serretti, A. (in press). A systematic review of neurobiological and clinical features of mindfulness meditations. Psychological Medicine, [published online 27 Nov 2009] doi:10.1017/S0033291709991747
• Jaseja, H. (2005). Meditation may predispose to epilepsy: an insight into the alteration in brain environment induced by meditation. Medical Hypotheses, 64 (3), 464-467.
• Pollard, I. (2004). Meditation and Brain Function: A Review. Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 14, 28-34. [access article online]
• Newberg, A. B., & Iversen, J. (2003). The neural basis of the complex mental task of meditation: neurotransmitter and neurochemical considerations. Medical Hypotheses, 61(2), 282-291.

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Empirical Papers

• Baijal, S. & Srinivasan, N. (2009). Theta activity and meditative states: spectral changes during concentrative meditation. Cognitive Processing, [published online 22 July 2009] doi:10.1007/s10339-009-0272-0
• Luders, E., Toga, A. W., Lepore, N. & Gaser, C. (2009). The underlying anatomical correlates of long-term meditation: larger hippocampal and frontal volumes of gray matter. Neuroimage, 45(3), 672-678.    [access article online]
• Vestergaard-Poulsen, P., van Beek, M., Skewes, J., Bjarkam, C. R., Stubberup, M., Bertelsen, J. & Roepstorff, A. (2009). Long-term meditation is associated with increased gray matter density in the brain stem. Neuroreport, 20(2),170-174.
• Chan, A., Han, Y., & Cheung, M. (2008). Electroencephalographic (EEG) measurements of mindfulness-based triarchic body-pathway relaxation technique: A pilot study. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 33(1), 39-47.
• Hölzel, B. K., Ott, U., Gard, T., Hempel, H., Weygandt, M., Morgen, K., & Vaitl, D. (2008). Investigation of mindfulness meditation practitioners with voxel-based morphometry. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3(1), 55-61.doi:10.1093/scan/nsm038    [access article online]
• Barnhofer, T., Duggan, D., Crane, C., Hepburn, S., Fennell, M. J. V., & Williams, J. M. G. (2007). Effects of meditation on frontal a-asymmetry in previously suicidal individuals. Neuroreport. 18(7), 709-712.
• Baron Short, E., Kose, S., Mu, Q., Borckardt, J., Newberg, A., George, M. S., et al. (2007). Regional brain activation during meditation shows time and practice effects: An exploratory FMRI study. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. [access article online]
• Pagnoni, G., & Cekic, M. (2007). Age effects on gray matter volume and attentional performance in Zen meditation. Neurobiology of Aging, 28(10), 1623-1627.
• Cysarz, D. & Büssing, A. (2005). Cardiorespiratory synchronization during Zen meditation. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 95 (1), 88-95. doi:10.1007/s00421-005-1379-3
• Kim, D.-H. Moon, Y.-S., Kim, H.-S., Jung, J.-S., Park, H.-M., Suh, H.-W., Kim, Y.-H. & Song, D.-K. (2005). Effect of Zen Meditation on serum nitric oxide activity and lipid peroxidation. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 29 (2), 327-331.
• Telles, S., Mohapatra, R. S., & Naveen, K. V. (2005). Heart rate variability spectrum during vipassana mindfulness meditation. Journal of Indian Psychology, 23(2), 1-5.
• Lazar, S. W., Kerr, C. E., Wasserman, R. H., Gray, J. R., Greve, D. N., Treadway, M. T., et al. (2005). Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness. Neuroreport, 16(17), 1893-1897.
• Takahashi, T., Murata, T., Hamada, T., Omori, M., Kosaka, H., Kikuchi, M., Yoshida, H. & Wada, Y. (2005). Changes in EEG and autonomic nervous activity during meditation and their association with personality traits. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 55, 199– 207. [access article online]
• Barnes, V. A. Davis, H. C., Murzynowski, J. B. & Treiber, F. A. (2004). Impact of Meditation on Resting and Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Youth. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 909-914.
• Solberg, E. E., Ekeberg, Ø., Holen, A., Ingjer, F. Sandvik, L. Standal, P. A. & Vikman, A. (2004). Hemodynamic changes during long meditation. Journal Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 29 (3), 213-221. doi:10.1023/B:APBI.0000039059.20738.39    [access article online]
• Dunn, B. R., Hartigan, J. A., & Mikulas, W. L. (1999). Concentration and mindfulness meditations: unique forms of consciousness? Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 24 (3), 147-165. doi:10.1023/A:1023498629385
• Lehrer, P., Sasaki, Y. & Saito, Y. (1999). Zazen and cardiac variability. Psychosomatic Medicine, 61, 812-821
• Motoyama, H. (1993). Psychophysiological changes due to the perfromance of the Phowa ritual. In H. Motoyama (Ed.), A study of yoga from Eastern & Western medical viewpoints (pp. 113-151). Tokyo: Human Science Press.
• Sudsuang, R. Chentanez, V. & Veluvan, K. (1991). Effect of Buddhist meditation on serum cortisol and total protein levels, blood pressure, pulse rate, lung volume and reaction time. Physiology & Behavior, 50, 543-548.
• Benson, H., Malhotra, M. S., Goldman, R. F., Jacobs, G. D., & Hopkins, P. J. (1990). Three case reports of the metabolic and electroencephalographic changes during advanced Buddhist meditation techniques. Behavioral Medicine, 16(2), 90-95.
• Benson, H., Lehmann, J. W., Malhotra, M. S., Goldman, R. F., Hopkins, J., & Epstein, M. D. (1982). Body temperature changes during the practice of g Tum-mo yoga. Nature, 295(5846), 234-236.
• Kasamatsu, A. & Hirai, T. (1969). An electroencephalographic study on the Zen meditation (Zazen). Psychologia: An International Journal of Psychology in the Orient, 12 (3-4), 205-225.

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Education

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Thurman, R. (2006). Meditation and Education: India, Tibet, and Modern America. Teachers College Record, 108 (9), 1765-1774.

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Empirical Papers

• Lin, C.-Y., Kuo, T.-H., Kuo, Y.-K., Kuo, Y.-L., Ho, L.-A. & Lin, C.-T. (2007). Practice makes better? A study of meditation learners in a classroom environment. Educational Studies, 33 (1), 65-80. doi:10.1080/03055690600948216

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General Theoretical & Review Papers on Meditation Research, Buddhism and Science

• Chiesa, A. (2010). Vipassana Meditation: Systematic Review of Current Evidence. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(1), 37–46.doi:10.1089/acm.2009.0362
• Chiesa, A. (2009). Zen Meditation: An Integration of Current Evidence. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 15(5), 585-592. doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0416
• Raffone A, & Srinivasan N. (2009). An adaptive workspace hypothesis about the neural correlates of consciousness: insights from neuroscience and meditation studies. Progress in Brain Research, 176, 161-180.
• Kelly, B. D. (2008). Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and the brain: A critical introduction. Transcultural Psychiatry, 45(1), 5-30.
• Walsh, R. & Shapiro, S. L. (2006). The meeting of meditative disciplines and Western Psychology. American Psychologist, 61(3), 227-239.
• Caspi, O. & Burleson, K. O. (2005). Methodological challenges in meditation research. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. 21(1), 4-11.

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Research Methods

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Chang, K.-M.& Lo, P.C. (2005). Hurst Exponents and Linear Regression with an Application to Low-Power Beta Characterization in Meditation EEG. American Journal of Electroneurodiagnostic Technology, 45 (2), 130-138
• Lo, P.-C. & Leu, J.-S. (2005). Quantification of pseudo-periodicity of alpha rhythm in meditation EEG. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 25 (1), 7-13. [access article online]

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Empirical Papers

• Lehmann, D., Faber, P. L., Gianotti, L. R.R., Kochi, K. & Pascual-Marqui, R. D. (2006). Coherence and phase locking in the scalp EEG and between LORETA model sources, and microstates as putative mechanisms of brain temporo-spatial functional organization. Journal of Physiology-Paris, 99 (1), 29-36.doi:10.1016/j.jphysparis.2005.06.005

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Mindfulness

Note: The number of research papers and articles on mindfulness is currently growing rapidly making it very hard to keep abreast. I will post here only those papers I consider most central and may introduce a more complete account of this literature at a later stage.

Theoretical and Review Papers

• Chiesa, A. & Serretti, A. (2009). Mindfulness-Based stress reduction for stress management in healthy people: A review and meta-analysis. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine,15(5), 593-600. doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0495
• Rapgay, L. & Bystrisky, A. (2009). Classical mindfulness: An introduction to its theory and practice for clinical application. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1172, 148–162. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04405.x
• Malinowski, P. (2008). Mindfulness as psychological dimension: Concepts and applications. Irish Journal of Psychology, 29(1),155-166. [download]
• Ivanovski, B., & Malhi, G. (2007). The psychological and neurophysiological concomitants of mindfulness forms of meditation. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 19 (2), 76-91.
• Allen, N. B., Blashki, G., Chambers, R., Ciechomski, L., Gullone, E., Hassed, C., et al. (2006). Mindfulness-based psychotherapies: a review of conceptual foundations, empirical evidence and practical considerations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (4), 285-294.
• Bishop, S. R., Lau, M. A., Shapiro, S. L., Carlson, L. E., Anderson, N. D., Carmody, J., et al. (2004). Mindfulness: A Proposed Operational Definition. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11(3), 230-242.[access article online]
• Hayes, S. C., & Shenk, C. (2004). Operationalizing mindfulness without unnecessary attachments. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11 (3), 249-254.

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Empirical Papers

• Taylor, D. G. & Mireault, G. C. (2008). Mindfulness and self-regulation: A comparison of long-term to short-term meditators. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 40 (1), 88-99.

Scales measuring mindfulness and meditation experience

• Reavley, N. & Pallant, J. F. (2009). Development of a scale to assess the meditation experience. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 547–552.
• Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Lykins, E., Button, D., Krietemeyer, J., Sauer, S., Walsh, E., Duggan, D. & Williams, J. M. (2008). Construct validity of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in meditating and nonmeditating samples. Assessment, 15(3), 329-342.
• Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J. & Toney, L. (2006). Using Self-Report Assessment Methods to Explore Facets of Mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27-45. [access article online]
• Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T. & Allen, K. B. (2004). Assessment of Mindfulness by Self-Report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Assessment, 11 (3), 191-206. [access article online]

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Other Bibliographies and Related Websites

• Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (UCLA) published a mindfulness bibliography in June 2009: [access bibliography online]
• Haynes, A. Meditation and Health: An Annotated Bibliography. Originally published as: Haynes, A. & Zabel, D. (2004). Meditation and Health: An Annotated Bibliography. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44 (1), 18-25. [access bibliography online]
• Murphy, M. & Donovan, S. (1997). The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation: A Review of Contemporary Research with a Comprehensive Bibliography, 1931-1996, (2nd ed.). Sausalito, CA: Institute of Noetic Sciences. [access bibliography online]

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Relevant Research of Non-buddhist Meditation

• Lagopoulos, J., Xu, J., Rasmussen, I., Vik, A., Malhi, G. S., Eliassen, C. F., Arntsen, I. E., Sæther, J. G., Hollup, S., Holen, A., Davanger, S. & Ellingsen, Ø. (2009). Increased Theta and Alpha EEG activity during nondirective meditation. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 15(11), 1187-1192. doi:10.1089/acm.2009.0113
• Qin, Z, Jin, Y, Lin, S. & Hermanowicz, N. S. (2009). A forty-five year follow-up EEG study of Qigong practice. International Journal of Neuroscience, 119 (4), 538-552.
• Srinivasan, N. & Baijal, S. (2007). Concentrative meditation enhances preattentive processing: a mismatch negativity study. Neuroreport, 18 (16), 1709-1712.
• Sarang, S. P., & Telles, S. (2006). Changes in P300 following two yoga-based relaxation techniques. International Journal of Neuroscience, 116, 119-130.

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