Dr Elena Antonova
Reader in Psychology

Topics

- effects of long-term mindfulness meditation practice on neural dynamics, psychophysiology, cognition, and emotion regulation;

- development of the 'felt-sense' vocabulary of subtle meditative experiences and their neural/psychophysiological correlates;

-application of mindfulness-based interventions for the promotion of healthy aging and wellbeing throughout the lifespan.

PhD projects for research students

• Mindfulness-based Environmental Sustainability (MiBEST)
• Turning the curse into a blessing: using mindfulness to reduce psychosis-risk in people with high positive schizotypy who have heightened creative abilities