Identification of post-meditation perceptual states using wearable EEG and Self-Calibrating Protocols

Abstract

Since antiquity meditation in its various forms has been robustly associated with multiple physical and mental measurable changes of state. Obstacles to widespread access to the advantageous effects of meditation include the practice time necessary to become an expert meditator and the identification of a personalized beneficial meditative state once achieved. This work leverages previously published and patented results towards the application of Self-Calibrating Protocol (SCP)-assisted wearable EEG measurement of personalized "perceptual prints" and recognition of pre- versus post-meditation perceptual states. We describe avenues towards harvesting the newly enabled technologies towards quantification of meditation benefits and replication of beneficial meditative states leveraging technology to shorten practice times.