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Metta Meditation

Metta Meditation is a contemplative practice within Buddhist meditation traditions that cultivates unconditional loving-kindness toward oneself and others through structured mental repetition of benevolent phrases, distinguished from other meditative techniques by its focus on affective empathy and prosocial motivation.

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Authors

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2017–2026

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Variants

Loving-kindness Meditation

Parents

Publications

9

Distinct Neural Activity Associated with Focused-Attention Meditation and Loving-Kindness Meditation

Tatia M.C. Lee, Mei-Kei Leung, Wai Kai Hou et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 158 citations · Full text

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CULTIVATING LOVING KINDNESS: A TWO‐STAGE MODEL OF THE EFFECTS OF MEDITATION ON EMPATHY, COMPASSION, AND ALTRUISM

Jean L. Kristeller, Thomas J. Johnson · Zygon® · 2005 · 150 citations · Full text

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Evaluating the effectiveness of enhancing resilience in human service professionals using a retreat-based Mindfulness with Metta Training Program: A randomised control trial

Aileen M. Pidgeon, Lucas Ford, Frances Klaassen · Psychology Health & Medicine · 2013 · 112 citations

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State Effects of Two Forms of Meditation on Prefrontal EEG Asymmetry in Previously Depressed Individuals

Thorsten Barnhofer, Tobias Chittka, Helen Nightingale et al. · Mindfulness · 2010 · 99 citations · Full text

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Meditation and Massage Effects on Quality of Life in People with Late-Stage Disease: A Pilot Study

Anna-leila Williams, Peter A. Selwyn, Lauren Liberti et al. · Journal of Palliative Medicine · 2005 · 72 citations

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Authors

31

  1. LF
    Lucas Ford

    Toowoomba Hospital, Australia

    1 publications · 112 citations

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  2. SȘ
    Simona Ștefan

    Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  3. FK
    Frances Klaassen

    Bond University, Australia

    1 publications · 112 citations

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  4. TB
    Thorsten Barnhofer

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 99 citations

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  5. ML
    Mei-Kei Leung

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    1 publications · 158 citations

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Institutions

18

  1. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  2. Toowoomba Hospital

    Toowoomba, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    112 citations

  3. Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center

    Derby, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    288 citations

  4. Gateway Community College

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    144 citations

  5. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    158 citations

  6. Indiana State University

    Terre Haute, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    300 citations

  7. Anglia Ruskin University

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    8 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Zygon®

    1 publications · 150 citations

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  2. Educational Action Research

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    1 publications · 158 citations

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  4. Journal of Palliative Medicine

    1 publications · 72 citations

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  5. Mindfulness

    1 publications · 99 citations

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