The neuroscience of contemplation - 2

PSYC480

Usman Afzali

University of Canterbury

3/27/23

Karakia Whakatūwhera

Whakataka te hau ki te uru/ Whakataka te hau ki te tonga/ Kia mākinakina ki uta/ Kia mātaratara ki tai/ E hī ake ana te atakura/ He tio, he huka, he hau hū/ Tīhei mauri ora!

Cease the winds from the west/ Cease the winds from the south/ Let the breeze blow over the land/ Let the breeze blow over the ocean/ Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air./ A touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day.

Kauhau

• Keeping up with Delorme
• The neuroscience of self transcendent/contemplative practices

Keeping up with Delorme

• Process EEG data in MNE then build an automated pipeline
• Process EEG data then build a pipeline in EEGLAB
• Process EEG data on the San Diego supercomputer (for free) in 10 minutes

Kōrero

• What does contemplation mean to you?
• Yaden et al. (2017)
• Braboszcz et al. (2017)
• Nash et al. (2022). Resting-state networks of believers and non-believers: An EEG microstate study
• Nash et al. (2022). Anxiety disrupts performance monitoring: integrating behavioral, event-related potential, EEG microstate, and sLORETA evidence

Karakia Whakatūwhera

Unuhia, unuhia/ Te pou, te pou/ Kia wātea, kia wātea/ Āe, kua wātea

Remove, uplift/ The posts/ In order to be free/ Yes, it has been cleared/

THE END