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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2016 Feb 26;151:117–127. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.02.047

Table 2.

Statistics for assessment of number of participants choosing decreased PCC activity versus increased PCC activity to correspond with effortless awareness.

Novice meditators Experienced meditators
↓/↑ χ2 P(corrected) ↓/↑ χ2 P(corrected)
Off-line feedback 13/2† 8.067 0.025* 12/4 4.000 0.23
Real-time feedback 14/1† 11.267 0.005* 13/3 6.250 0.06
Free-play 15/1 12.250 < 0.0025* 15/1 12.250 < 0.0025*
Volitional manipulation in direction of effortless awareness 15/1 12.250 < 0.0025* 15/1 12.250 < 0.0025*
Volitional manipulation in the opposite direction of effortless awareness 15/1 12.250 < 0.0025* 15/1 12.250 < 0.0025*

↓: Number of participants choosing decreased PCC activity as corresponding with effortless awareness ↑: Number of participants choosing increased PCC activity as corresponding with effortless awareness. P-values are Bonferroni corrected.

*

: Significant at P<0.05.

†

Missing data for one participant.