Study 1
1-week retreat

• Validation of novel EEG paradigms.
• Qualitative assessments for measuring NOM.
• Phenomenological paradigms for capturing Remarkable Experiences and NOM experiences.

Study 2

2-month retreat

• Characterization of retreat impacts using assessments from Study 1.
• Development and testing of a novel LLM chat-bot for describing meditation experience.
• Machine learning analysis of fMRI and EEG data to characterize brain dynamics and connectivity during nondual meditative states.

Study 3
3-year retreat

• Deployment of methods from Study 1 & 2, including EEG and fMRI imaging, qualitative and chatbot-derived experiential data, and machine learning analyses.
• Genetic and epigenetic bio-marker collection and analysis.
• Collection and machine learning analysis of interviews between retreat teacher and retreatants.
• Development of a computational phenomenology model to characterize nondual meditative states.

Study 4