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True or false: Mindfulness practice is only about sitting on a meditation cushion.
True or false: Mindfulness practice is only about sitting on a meditation cushion.
False
True or false: Mindfulness practice extends to how we engage in all of our daily activities.
True or false: Mindfulness practice extends to how we engage in all of our daily activities.
True
True or false: Walking meditation is about walking in order to arrive at a destination.
True or false: Walking meditation is about walking in order to arrive at a destination.
False
True or false: Mindfulness practice involves being fully present in the current moment.
True or false: Mindfulness practice involves being fully present in the current moment.
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True or false: Rushing through tasks can enhance our ability to enjoy the present moment.
True or false: Rushing through tasks can enhance our ability to enjoy the present moment.
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True or false: Engaging in mindfulness practice can help us appreciate the texture and flavor of food.
True or false: Engaging in mindfulness practice can help us appreciate the texture and flavor of food.
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Compassion meditation can cause changes in brain waves and cognitive functioning.
Compassion meditation can cause changes in brain waves and cognitive functioning.
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Long-term Tibetan meditation practitioners have shown high levels of gamma-band activity during compassion meditation.
Long-term Tibetan meditation practitioners have shown high levels of gamma-band activity during compassion meditation.
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Novice meditators do not experience any increase in gamma activity during compassion meditation.
Novice meditators do not experience any increase in gamma activity during compassion meditation.
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Gamma waves are associated with enhanced attention, working memory, learning, and conscious perception.
Gamma waves are associated with enhanced attention, working memory, learning, and conscious perception.
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Increased synchrony between different parts of the brain is associated with aging and cognitive decline.
Increased synchrony between different parts of the brain is associated with aging and cognitive decline.
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Exposure to strobe lights and clicking sounds at gamma frequencies has shown to improve cognitive function in mice.
Exposure to strobe lights and clicking sounds at gamma frequencies has shown to improve cognitive function in mice.
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True or false: Mindfulness is about being present with experience in a vivid and real way?
True or false: Mindfulness is about being present with experience in a vivid and real way?
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True or false: Flow is associated with a sense of mild ecstasy and decreased cortical arousal?
True or false: Flow is associated with a sense of mild ecstasy and decreased cortical arousal?
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True or false: Csikszentmihalyi used the Experience Sampling Method to study real-time happiness?
True or false: Csikszentmihalyi used the Experience Sampling Method to study real-time happiness?
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True or false: Flow is more likely to occur in challenging tasks with clear goals?
True or false: Flow is more likely to occur in challenging tasks with clear goals?
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True or false: People experience more flow at work than in free time, unless they use their leisure time effectively?
True or false: People experience more flow at work than in free time, unless they use their leisure time effectively?
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True or false: Structuring tasks to be challenging but not overwhelming is key to finding flow?
True or false: Structuring tasks to be challenging but not overwhelming is key to finding flow?
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True or false: Meditation practice is associated with increased right prefrontal activity, which is known to be associated with positive outlook and feelings of happiness and well-being.
True or false: Meditation practice is associated with increased right prefrontal activity, which is known to be associated with positive outlook and feelings of happiness and well-being.
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True or false: Elderly Tibetan monk and other long-term meditators showed less left prefrontal activity compared to non-meditators.
True or false: Elderly Tibetan monk and other long-term meditators showed less left prefrontal activity compared to non-meditators.
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True or false: Less extensive meditation practice (40 minutes a day for 8-10 weeks) was not associated with a significant shift in hemispheric dominance and enhanced immune system.
True or false: Less extensive meditation practice (40 minutes a day for 8-10 weeks) was not associated with a significant shift in hemispheric dominance and enhanced immune system.
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True or false: Long-term meditation practitioners showed no control over the startle response.
True or false: Long-term meditation practitioners showed no control over the startle response.
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True or false: Brain imaging studies and reaction time studies on long-term meditators are not influenced by beliefs.
True or false: Brain imaging studies and reaction time studies on long-term meditators are not influenced by beliefs.
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True or false: Many long-term meditators do not practice within traditions that involve extensive preliminary training.
True or false: Many long-term meditators do not practice within traditions that involve extensive preliminary training.
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True or false: Flow experiences occur when individuals are fully engaged in an activity that challenges their skills and provides a sense of accomplishment.
True or false: Flow experiences occur when individuals are fully engaged in an activity that challenges their skills and provides a sense of accomplishment.
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True or false: Engaging in active activities, such as reading books, leads to more flow experiences, while passive activities like watching television result in fewer flow experiences.
True or false: Engaging in active activities, such as reading books, leads to more flow experiences, while passive activities like watching television result in fewer flow experiences.
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True or false: U.S. teenagers spend four times more of their free time watching television than doing hobbies or sports, even though these activities have a higher chance of making them feel good.
True or false: U.S. teenagers spend four times more of their free time watching television than doing hobbies or sports, even though these activities have a higher chance of making them feel good.
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True or false: Taking control of time by setting goals and dividing them into daily aims can help individuals experience more flow.
True or false: Taking control of time by setting goals and dividing them into daily aims can help individuals experience more flow.
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True or false: Social interactions and engaging in activities that require concentration can enhance mood and create flow experiences.
True or false: Social interactions and engaging in activities that require concentration can enhance mood and create flow experiences.
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True or false: Neuroimaging studies have shown that flow experiences are associated with increased activation in the inferior frontal gyrus and putamen, which are related to cognitive control and motor planning.
True or false: Neuroimaging studies have shown that flow experiences are associated with increased activation in the inferior frontal gyrus and putamen, which are related to cognitive control and motor planning.
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Study Notes
The Power of Flow and Compassion Meditation
- Flow experiences occur when individuals are fully engaged in an activity that challenges their skills and provides a sense of accomplishment.
- Engaging in active activities, such as reading books, leads to more flow experiences, while passive activities like watching television result in fewer flow experiences.
- U.S. teenagers spend four times more of their free time watching television than doing hobbies or sports, even though these activities have a higher chance of making them feel good.
- Taking control of time by setting goals and dividing them into daily aims can help individuals experience more flow.
- Social interactions and engaging in activities that require concentration can enhance mood and create flow experiences.
- Neuroimaging studies have shown that flow experiences are associated with increased activation in the inferior frontal gyrus and putamen, which are related to cognitive control and motor planning.
- Flow experiences are also linked to decreased activation in the frontal cortex and amygdala, indicating decreased self-referential processing and negative arousal.
- Electrodermal activity increases during flow experiences, suggesting overall sympathetic arousal despite decreased emotional arousal.
- The fronto-insular cortex plays a role in disengaging task-irrelevant regions during flow experiences.
- Flow experiences have similarities to deep meditative states associated with high levels of gamma-wave activity.
- Compassion meditation, such as lovingkindness meditation (LKM), can enhance feelings of love and compassion towards oneself and others.
- LKM involves visualizing a past experience of genuine love and extending that love to oneself, loved ones, acquaintances, strangers, and even those considered as enemies.
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Test your knowledge on the power of flow and compassion meditation! Discover how flow experiences can enhance your sense of accomplishment and learn about the brain regions associated with these states. Explore the benefits of engaging in active activities and setting goals to experience more flow. Additionally, delve into the practice of compassion meditation and its ability to cultivate feelings of love and compassion towards oneself and others. Take the quiz to deepen your understanding of these transformative practices.
