Table 2 The main significant effects of “group” (meditators and control group) on physiological indexes (p < .05), with mean and standard deviation

Theta

FP1-F7

0.501(0.211)

0.474 (0.310)

0.159 (0.075)

0.138 (0.061)

18.170

0.001

0.981

P3-01

0.767 (0.775)

0.687 (0.667)

0.203 (0.146)

0.235 (0.163)

4.775

0.042

0.543

FP2-F8

0.549 (0.352)

0.411 (0.216)

0.150 (0.081)

0.172 (0.163)

13.005

0.002

0.926

F7-T3

0.696 (0.441)

0.707 (0.562)

0.190 (0.067)

0.184 (0.095)

10.640

0.004

0.869

F8-T4

0.602 (0.648)

0.565 (0.531)

0.130 (0.065)

0.153 (0.072)

5.605

0.022

0.662

T3-T5

1.427 (1.496)

1.465 (1.664)

0.291 (0.186)

0.282 (0.131)

5.365

0.030

0.592

T5-01

0.542 (0.545)

0.535 (0.578)

0.089 (0.051)

0.096 (0.059)

6.134

0.022

0.662

FZ-CZ

0.942(0.905)

0.760 (0.975)

0.163 (0.088)

0.160 (0.082)

5.552

0.030

0.606

CZ-PZ

1.081 (1.210)

0.867 (1.240)

0.161 (0.095)

0.164(0.108)

4.465

0.049

0.516

Low alpha

T5-01

1.561 (1.728)

1.628(1.738)

0.460 (0.452)

0.37 (0.319)

4.475

0.049

0.517

FP1-F7

0.787 (0.556)

0.816 (0.587)

0.250 (0.199)

0.224 (0.169)

9.014

0.008

0.817

FP1-F3

0.446 (0.343)

0.419 (0.321)

0.151 (0.116)

0.130 (0.059)

7.478

0.014

0.734

High alpha

T5-01

0.554 (0.310)

0.576 (0.312)

0.209 (0.186)

0.250 (0.176)

9.584

0.006

0.833

T3-T5

0.950 (0.607)

1.040 (0.681)

0.416 (0.420)

0.410 (0.230)

7.185

0.015

0.718

F8-T4

0.398 (0.194)

0.413 (0.237)

0.209 (0.113)

0.242 (0.106)

6.129

0.023

0.655

F7-T3

0.588 (0.466)

0.679 (0.521)

0.290 (0.215)

0.275 (0.172)

4.667

0.044

0.534

FP1-F7

0.339 (0.291)

0.378 (0.294)

0.105 (0.049)

0.103 (0.054)

7.462

0.014

0.734

FP1-F3

0.241 (0.151)

0.227 (0.183)

0.085 (0.041)

0.102 (0.069)

6.704

0.019

0.688

Beta

CZ-PZ

0.262 (0.138)

0.273 (0.167)

0.142 (0.089)

0.131 (0.074)

5.872

0.026

0.630

FZ-PZ

0.280 (0.138)

0.269 (0.155)

0.111 (0.062)

0.105 (0.050)

12.184

0.003

0.910

T5-O1

0.432 (0.337)

0.503 (0.447)

0.104 (0.063)

0.096 (0.039)

9.398

0.007

0.826

T3-T5

1.473 (1.845)

1.769 (2.071)

0.350 (0.173)

0.306 (0.134)

4.807

0.042

0.546

F8-T4

0.742 (0.574)

0.926 (0.836)

0.308 (0.303)

0.288 (0.219)

5.898

0.026

0.632

P3-O1

0.343 (0.206)

0.397 (0.312)

0.167 (0.102)

0.162 (0.076)

5.707

0.028

0.618

FP1-F3

0.558 (0.323)

0.537 (0.290)

0.167 (0.137)

0.301 (0.518)

5.327

0.033

0.589

FP2-F8

0.727 (0.753)

0.727 (0.701)

0.178 (0.142)

0.287 (0.246)

4.457

0.049

0.515