Advances in neural signal analysis, such as detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA), have allowed neuroscientists to capture the self-affinity character of neural signal to help us better understand the human mind. Emerging evidences suggest that meditation can influence the activities of ANS as well as the correlation between brain and heart. To measure these processes, DFA is a preferable method but the analysis requires long-term measurements. With the development of portal devices of ECG and EEG, we can collect such data and measure the unique feature of self-affinity, the brain and heart correlation, and advance our research on the relationship between meditation and autonomic nervous system (ANS).
Currently, Our work on portable EEG/ECG study of meditation and ANS include:
- Established Detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) in EEG and ECG.
- Acquired some portable devices of ECG and EEG and performed some data analyses.
- Found that frontal lobe is sensitive in meditation related brain activity.
- List of disseminations and publications
- Junling Gao. (2017). Detrended fluctuation analysis of the brain activities related to chanting Amitofo: a scale-free EEG study. III International NeuPsyco Congress: from known to new. creativity and innovation in neuroscience and mental health. November 6-8 2017, La Habana, Cuba.
- Gao Y., Cheung R.T., Gao J., Lau E.Y.Y., WAN J.H.Y. and Mok M.Y. (2016). Electrophysiological study on cognitive function in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with previous neuropsychiatric involvement, Clinical EEG & Neuroscience, 21, 2016.
- Fan J., Gao J., WU W.Y.B., Tan A. and Sik H.H. (2015). The correlation between resting EEG power and nonattachment scale, Human Brain Mapping.
- Gao J. (2015). Wisdom in the form of Nonattachment enhances compassion meditation: A preliminary evidence from EEG (Oral presentation). Spring Symposium 27-28 February: Young Researchers in the Science of Learning. HKU.
- Fan JC, Cheung RT, Chu LW, Fung P, Chang CQ, Sik HH, Zhang MM, Xie BJ, Gao J. (2014). Reduced bilateral temporal Alpha-band EEG activity during resting state in older adults. International Conference on Digital Signal Processing. Jun, 2014.
- Gao J, Cheung RT, Fan J, Hung Y.S., Sik HH, So A, Zhang Z. (2014). The complexity of brain dynamics increased with age: an EEG Study. Human Brain Mapping. 2014, Hamburg. Poster presentation.