Tidwell, Tawni L. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9358-9958
Funding for this research was provided by:
College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (AAG8698)
Article History
Accepted: 5 December 2023
First Online: 23 February 2024
Declarations
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: The author has no commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: Human subjects research was approved by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institutional Review Board, IRB Protocols No. 2013-0753 and No. 2016-1472; by Institute of the Human Brain, Russian Academy of Sciences [Ethical Committee Decision Protocol 17 October 2019); by Men-Tsee-Khang/Tibetan Medical and Astro-science Institute Research Ethics Committee; by Delek Hospital Human Subjects Research Review Board; administrations of Drepung, Sera, Gaden, Tashi Lhunpo, and Gyutö monastic institutions (Agreements on Regulations of the International Neuroscience Lab Units A&B from 13.12.2019), as well as the Private Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama; World Medical Association (2013), Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects and the relevant overseeing cultural bodies of each participating monastic and medical institution.
: In both cases, the participants or their surrogates (e.g., attendants to and/or family members of the decedent) provided their written informed consent to participate in this study. Informed consent was also obtained from the abbots of the host monastic institutions.