Table 1.
Novice (N=16) | Experienced (N=16) | P | |
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Gender (male / female) | 11/5 | 13/3 | 0.685 |
Age (mean with standard deviation in parentheses) | 51 (14) | 50 (14) | 0.970 |
Handedness (right / non-right) | 13/3 | 14/2 | 1.000 |
Highest level of completed education (college or university/graduate school ) | 6/10 | 4/12 | 0.453 |
Work status (full-time / part-time / homemaker / retired / unemployed / not in labor force (student) | 9/3/1/2/1/0 | 12/2/0/1/0/1 | 0.648 |
Marital status (never married/married/living in permanent relationship/divorced) | 1/11/2/2 | 5/6/3/2 | 0.231 |
Race (White / African American / Asian) | 13/1/2 | 16/0/0 | 0.226 |
Meditation practice (vajrayana / theravada / mindfulness / zen / vedanta and mindfulness / zen and mindfulness / theravada and zen and mindfulness / theravada and zen and vajrayana / zen and contemplative) | 5/3/2/1/1/1/1/1/1 | ||
Lifetime meditation practice hours (median, range) | N/A | 9688 (2046–50978) |