naa a22 4500 510729711 CHVBK 20180411082948.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12671-012-0173-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12671-012-0173-7 Meditation-Induced Changes in Perception: An Interview Study with Expert Meditators ( Sotapannas ) in Burma [Elektronische Daten] [Gisela Full, Harald Walach, Mathis Trautwein] Effects and implications of meditation, especially mindfulness-based practices, have become a focus of research in clinical and nonclinical studies over the past two decades. This qualitative study aimed at analyzing alterations in perception through tranquility and insight meditation. Semi-structured interviews were held with expert meditators (Sotapannas) in Burma. Four categories of alterations in perception could be identified: increase in the quality of perception, comprehension of interdependences in perception processing, cessation of subject/object-based perception, and nonconceptual perception. The findings suggest significant alterations in perception induced by mindfulness practices of tranquility and insight meditation. So far, however, it cannot be concluded whether these alterations are genuine experiences and to what extent they are culturally determined. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2012 Meditation nationallicence Perception nationallicence Mindfulness nationallicence Tranquility meditation nationallicence Insight meditation nationallicence Full Gisela Institute of Transcultural Health Sciences and Samueli Institute, European Office, European University Viadrina, PO Box 1786, 15207, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany aut Walach Harald Institute of Transcultural Health Sciences and Samueli Institute, European Office, European University Viadrina, PO Box 1786, 15207, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany aut Trautwein Mathis Max Planck Institut für Kognitions-und Neurowissenschaften, Stepahnstraße 1 A, 04103, Leipzig, Germany aut Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/1(2013-03-01), 55-63 1868-8527 4:1<55 2013 4 12671 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0173-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0173-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Full Gisela Institute of Transcultural Health Sciences and Samueli Institute, European Office, European University Viadrina, PO Box 1786, 15207, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walach Harald Institute of Transcultural Health Sciences and Samueli Institute, European Office, European University Viadrina, PO Box 1786, 15207, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Trautwein Mathis Max Planck Institut für Kognitions-und Neurowissenschaften, Stepahnstraße 1 A, 04103, Leipzig, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/1(2013-03-01), 55-63 1868-8527 4:1<55 2013 4 12671 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer