Long-term Brain Changes

Neuroimaging Evaluation of the Long-term Impact of a Novel Paired Meditation Practice on Brain Function

7/13/2024
Andrew Newberg, MD

Changes in the Brain

Alterations in cerebral glucose metabolism measured by FDG PET in subjects performing a meditation practice based on clitoral stimulation

9/11/2022
Andrew Newberg, MD

Mystical Experience

Both partners practicing orgasmic meditation report having a mystical-type experience: results using the Mystical Experience Questionnaire

F1000 Research, 04/01/2022
Vivian Siegel, PhD of MIT

Intense positive affect without arousal

Intense positive affect without arousal is possible: Subjective and physiological reactivity during a partnered sexual meditative experience. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

International Journal of Psychophysiology, 06/28/2022
Greg Siegle , PhD of University of Pittsburgh

OM is not Sex

Is Orgasmic Meditation a form of sex?

F1000 Research, 03/20/2022
Vivian Siegel, PhD of MIT

Connection

Partner intimate touch is associated with increased interpersonal closeness, especially in non-romantic partners

PLOS One, 03/10/2021
Nicole Prause, PhD of UCLA

Childhood Trauma

Effects of adverse childhood experiences on partnered sexual arousal appear context dependent

Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 6/2/2021
Nicole Prause, PhD of UCLA

Brain Physiology

Alterations in Functional Connectivity Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Relationship With Heart Rate Variability in Subjects After Performing Orgasmic Meditation: An Exploratory Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 11/11/2021
Andrew Newberg, PhD, MD of Thomas Jefferson University