Brain Stimulation Enhanced Meditation

A Double-Blind Study Exploring the Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Potentially Enhance Mindfulness Meditation (E-Meditation)

Link to study: Badran et al 2017

Overview:

E-meditation is a novel approach to a centuries old tradition of meditation for psychological well-being. This is the first report of tDCS used to enhance meditation and our pilot demonstrates the feasibility, safety, and effect size of remotely supervised tDCS-enhanced meditation sessions. Given, relevant mathematical increases and decreases quantified in various measures (e.g. mood and dispositional mindfulness scales), additional longer-term (e.g. 8-weeks) trials of the effectiveness of E-Meditation are warranted. Furthermore, these preliminary findings suggest that E-meditation be further examined as an adjunctive treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders. This technology has now become a commercial product (Zendo Meditation Device - www.zendomeditation.com)