All you need to know about the psychology of meditation:

• Written by an expert in the field
• Provides unique theories of meditation approaches
• Explores traditional and Western approaches
• Recommends how to improve future research
• Explores new topics, e.g., negative effects

This volume provides state-­of-­the-­art answers to questions about the psychology of meditation, including: what is medi­tation, how does it work, and how can it best be researched? The author succinctly summarizes the benefcial effects of meditation, explores recently emerging topics such as nega­tive effects, provides theories of four main traditional medi­tation approaches, and gives a critical overview of Western approaches to explain the effects of meditation. In conclu­sion, recommendations are made on how to improve future meditation research.