NEW335H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chinese Constellations, Axon Terminal, Circulatory System
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Induction of this state is facilitated by a particular breathing and body posture. Part 1: meditation as an unique state of arousal. Many forms of meditation are believed to induce a relaxed, physiologically quiescent state. Scientists often argue that meditation has beneficial effects only because it is a form relaxation. Meditation experts think differently and argue that cognitive/emotional aspects of tasks are important. One early report contended that transcendental meditation induced a wakeful hypometabolic psychologic state distinct from other states of arousal. Hypometabolism is associated with decreased oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide elimnination, respiration and heart rate. Meditation, sleep, and relaxation may represent distinct physiologica states. If this were true, we would expect that meditation, sleep and relaxation would all be associated with different forms of physiological activity. An eeg is a device which measures the electrical activity in specific brain regions. Machine with white patches attached to one"s head. Axon: action potential that process, outgoing highway in which messages travel.
