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    No meditation-related changes in the auditory N1 during first-time meditation

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    Authors
    Barnes, L.
    McArthur, G.
    Biedermann, Britta
    de Lissa, P.
    Polito, V.
    Badcock, N.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Barnes, L. and McArthur, G. and Biedermann, B. and de Lissa, P. and Polito, V. and Badcock, N. 2018. No meditation-related changes in the auditory N1 during first-time meditation. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 127: pp. 26-37.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Psychophysiology
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.03.003
    ISSN
    0167-8760
    School
    School of Occ Therapy, Social Work and Speech Path
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67041
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Recent studies link meditation expertise with enhanced low-level attention, measured through auditory event-related potentials (ERPs). In this study, we tested the reliability and validity of a recent finding that the N1 ERP in first-time meditators is smaller during meditation than non-meditation – an effect not present in long-term meditators. In the first experiment, we replicated the finding in first-time meditators. In two subsequent experiments, we discovered that this finding was not due to stimulus-related instructions, but was explained by an effect of the order of conditions. Extended exposure to the same tones has been linked with N1 decrement in other studies, and may explain N1 decrement across our two conditions. We give examples of existing meditation and ERP studies that may include similar condition order effects. The role of condition order among first-time meditators in this study indicates the importance of counterbalancing meditation and non-mediation conditions in meditation studies that use event-related potentials.

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