Publications

Long-term practice of intuitive inquiry meditation modulates EEG dynamics during self-schema processing

Gao, J., Leung, H. K., Wu, B. W. Y., Hung, J., Chang, C., & Sik, H. H. (2023). Long-term practice of intuitive inquiry meditation modulates EEG dynamics during self-schema processing. Heliyon, 9(9). Read more

Increased neurocardiological interplay after mindfulness meditation: a brain oscillation-based approach

Gao, J., Sun, R., Leung, H. K., Roberts, A., Wu, B. W. Y., Tsang, E. W., … & Sik, H. H. (2023). Increased neurocardiological interplay after mindfulness meditation: a brain oscillation-based approach. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, 1008490. Read more…

The neurophysiology of the intervention strategies of Awareness Training Program on emotion regulation

Gao, J., Leung, H. K., Fan, J., Wu, B. W. Y., & Sik, H. H. (2022). The neurophysiology of the intervention strategies of Awareness Training Program on emotion regulation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. Read more…

Modulation of the neurophysiological response to fearful and stressful stimuli through repetitive religious chanting

Sik, H. H., Halkias, G. T., Chang, C., Gao, J., Leung, H. K., & Wu, B. W. Y. (2021). Modulation of the neurophysiological response to fearful and stressful stimuli through repetitive religious chanting. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 177, e62960. Read more…

Repetitive religious chanting invokes positive emotional schema to counterbalance fear: a multi-modal functional and structural MRI study

Gao, J., Skouras, S., Leung, H. K., Wu, B. W. Y., Wu, H., Chang, C., & Sik, H. H. (2020). Repetitive religious chanting invokes positive emotional schema to counterbalance fear: a multi-modal functional and structural MRI study. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 198. Read more…

The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting

Gao, J., Leung, H. K., Wu, B. W. Y., Skouras, S., & Sik, H. H. (2019). The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-9. 念佛的神經生理學基礎. Read more…

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Awareness Training Program (ATP), a Group-Based Mahayana Buddhist Intervention

Wu, B.W.Y., Gao, J., Leung, H.K., & Sik, H.H. (2019). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Awareness Training Program (ATP), a Group-Based Mahayana Buddhist Intervention. Mindfulness, 10(7), 1280-1293. Read more…

Repetitive Religious Chanting Modulates the Late-Stage Brain Response to Fear- and Stress-Provoking Pictures

Gao, J., Fan J., Wu, B.W.Y., Halkias, G.T., Chau, M., Fung, P.C., Chang, C., Zhang, Z., Hung, Y.S. & Sik H.H. (2017). Repetitive Religious Chanting Modulates the Late-Stage Brain Response to Fear- and Stress-Provoking Pictures. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 2055. 重複念佛調節人腦對恐懼和焦慮圖片的後期反應. Read more…

Using wavelet entropy to demonstrate how mindfulness practice increases coordination between irregular cerebral and cardiac activities

Sik, H. H., Gao, J., Fan, J., Wu, B. W. Y., Leung, H. K., & Hung, Y. S. (2017). Using wavelet entropy to demonstrate how mindfulness practice increases coordination between irregular cerebral and cardiac activities. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 123, e55455. Read more…

Entrainment of chaotic activities in brain and heart during MBSR mindfulness training

Gao, J., Fan, J., Wu, B.W.Y., Zhang, Z., Chang, C., Hung, Y.S., Fung, P.C.W. & Sik, H.H. (2016). Entrainment of chaotic activities in brain and heart during MBSR mindfulness training. Neuroscience Letters, 616, 218-223. 正念靜修訓練能協調心腦的不規則活動. Read more…