Results
Table 1. Descriptive statistics of alpha wave amplitude and frequency before and after meditation
Can 10 Minutes of Meditation in Your Day Lower Your Stress Level?
Heather Berg, Abby Swanson, and Elizabeth Patterson
Anatomy and Physiology Two
References and Acknowledgements
- We would like to acknowledge our UMR professors.
- The Honest Guys (2015, March 24). Mindfulness Meditation-Guided 10 Minutes [Video file].
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- Bremner, J. D. (2002). Does Stress Damage the Brain?: Understanding Trauma-related Disorders from a Mind-body Perspective. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
- There was an observable change in participants state of relaxation.
- The frequency p-value was: 0.402.
- We fail to reject the null hypothesis.
- The amplitude p-value was: 0.00031.
- We reject the null hypothesis.
Figure 1. Graph of the average amplitude of alpha waves before and after meditation. The error bars are calculated with standard deviation
Figure 2. Graph of the average frequency of alpha waves before and after meditation with standard deviation error bars.
Hypothesis
- We hypothesize that 10 minutes of meditation will increase the frequency and decrease the amplitude of alpha brain waves.