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REVIEW: "Effects of Meditation on Respiration and the Temporal Lobes: An Exploratory and Meta-Analytic Study"

This volume constitutes the author’s doctoral dissertation in the psychology of religion. Noticing that issues such as “How does meditation work?”, “How does meditation affect the person?”, and “How are these changes effected?” had been little researched, Yvonne Petersson Bouin (now Yvonne Hammer) undertook to answer the following two questions: “What are the physiological and psychological effects of breath regulation and breath suspension periods during meditation?” and “How are the changes in cognitive processes and personality effectuated by dealing with emotions of fear, hate, greed and attachment?” (p. 27). To address these questions Petersson Bouin undertook a meta-analysis of 15 published research reports and analyzed information from an additional 15 papers. The 16 chapters of this volume deal with the following: