“…Future research should examine the SMC with respect to different practices using both neuronal correlates of the different states they produce, as well as some physiological markers, such as heart rate variability and other parasympathetic measures ( Travis and Wallace, 1999 ; Travis and Pearson, 2000 ), as well as in relation to augmented and virtual reality ( Kiourexidou et al, 2015 ). In addition, similarly to sensory deprivation, which has been found to be beneficial for memory functions, creativity, perception and signal detection, social cognition, and the readiness to change one’s attitudes on social phenomena inducing increased motivation to change critical and maladaptive behavior patterns (for a review, see Vaitl et al, 2005 ); the importance of voluntarily entering into a state of silence, as an educational conceptual space, can and should be studied also in educational settings, in relation to the functions mentions above, as well as logics and mathematics ( Stefaneas and Vandoulakis, 2014 ).…”