| Title |
Meditation acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Behavioral and Brain Functions, July 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1744-9081-6-47 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Prashant Kaul, Jason Passafiume, R Craig Sargent, Bruce F O'Hara |
| Abstract |
A number of benefits from meditation have been claimed by those who practice various traditions, but few have been well tested in scientifically controlled studies. Among these claims are improved performance and decreased sleep need. Therefore, in these studies we assess whether meditation leads to an immediate performance improvement on a well validated psychomotor vigilance task (PVT), and second, whether longer bouts of meditation may alter sleep need. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| India | 2 | 4% |
| Japan | 2 | 4% |
| Ireland | 2 | 4% |
| Germany | 2 | 4% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 21 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 44 | 85% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 8% |
| Scientists | 3 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 3% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 254 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 46 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 7% |
| Other | 66 | 25% |
| Unknown | 31 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 79 | 30% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 15 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 58 | 22% |
| Unknown | 52 | 19% |
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