title: Sensory perception during sleep and meditation: common features and differences.
abstract: Sleep and meditation are both physiological conditions in which peripheral sensory input is voluntarily reduced, but sensory perception of internally generated information continues. However, the two conditions differ in the level of awareness retained.
authors.affiliation: Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Chamarajpet, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Naveen
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Telles
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology; D019122:Meditation; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness