Meditation

Study Effect expected N Trials M SD Hits (%) t p ES Var BF Direction Year Lab/Online
Meditation T1 βœ– 40 100 49.27 5.76 49.27 -0.80 0.78 -0.13 0.03 0.47 greater 2016 🌍
Meditation T2 βœ” 48 100 50.23 4.54 50.23 0.35 0.36 0.05 0.02 0.75 greater 2016 🌍

Hypothesis

Participants were asked to 2 runs of stimuli perception. Before the first run, a prerecorded relaxation exercise was played back. For the second run, they were asked to put themselves in a meditative state. Stimuli consisted of a combination of either positive images and sounds or negative images and sounds. We hypothesized more positive stimuli (β€œhits”) in the second run after the meditation.

Participants

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Materials

Picture stimuli comprised 100 positive and 100 negative images further described in study 12. Audio stimuli comprised two consonant chords and two dissonant chords. The relaxation exercise consisted of a 2-minute prerecorded audio file asking participants to focus on their breathing and become peaceful and relaxed.

Procedure

Participants were tested online. After welcoming them audio playback was tested to ensure the correct playback of sound stimuli. A prerecorded relaxation audio file was read to them (2 mins). They were then asked to attentively perceive a set of 100 trial presentations consisting of images and sounds. After this set, they were asked to put themselves in a meditative state. They could choose the meditative practice and duration freely, but it was noted that most chose a duration between 10 and 30 minutes. After the meditation they were again presented with 100 trials consisting of either a randomly chosen positive picture and sound or negative picture and sound. They were then thanked and asked to fill out some questions.

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