Psychologist Daniel Goleman shares what he learned by studying the brain waves of Olympic level meditators - and its unprecedented in science.
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People who have meditated for thousands of hours exhibit a remarkable difference in their brainwaves. Psychologist and author Daniel Goleman says we can actually see what happens in the heads of those who have achieved "enlightenment."
“Perhaps the most remarkable findings in the Olympic level meditators has to do with what’s called a gamma wave. All of us get gamma for a very short period when we solve a problem we’ve been grappling with, even if it’s something that’s vexed us for months.
We get about half a second of gamma; it’s the strongest wave in the EEG spectrum… What was stunning was that the Olympic level meditators…their brainwave shows gamma very strong all the time as a lasting trait just no matter what they’re doing,” says Goleman.
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5 сен 2024