TABLE 2.

Significance test results of the EEG spectral power in the theta (4–8 Hz) and alpha (8–12 Hz) frequency bands.

EEG spectral power		CFA vs. Rest	CFA vs. CRM	CRM vs. Rest
Theta (F6)	t	11.217	12.028	−0.811
	df	12	12	12
	p (FDR)	1.53E-07	2.83E-07	ns (0.43)
Theta (F7)	t	10.135	8.120	2.015
	df	12	12	12
	p (FDR)	3.72E-07	9.68E-06	ns (0.08)
Theta (Pz)	t	11.642	5.581	6.061
	df	12	12	12
	p (FDR)	1.35E-07	2.40E-04	8.50E-05
Alpha (FCz)	t	−22.480	−3.083	−20.311
	df	4.382	6.461	5.092
	p (FDR)	1.08E-05	0.029	9.06E-06
Alpha (P7)	t	−13.290	0.864	−14.154
	df	12	12	12
	p (FDR)	6.73E-08	ns (0.40)	2.45E-08
Alpha (P8)	t	−12.851	1.205	−14.056
	df	12	12	12
	p (FDR)	6.73E-08	ns (0.30)	2.45E-08

Shown are the results of a one-way ANOVA with contrasts between the three conditions rest, content-related meditation (CRM) and content-free awareness (CFA). p (FDR) = False discovery rate corrected p-value, ns = non-significant.