participants.json

{
  "participant_id": {
    "LongName": "Participant identifier",
    "Description": "Unique participant identifier"
  },
  "gender": {
    "Description": "Sex of the participant",
    "Levels": {
      "M": "male",
      "F": "female"
    }
  },
  "age": {
    "Description": "age of the participant",
    "Units": "years"
  },
  "group": {
    "Description": "Type of medication",
    "Levels": {
      "CTR": "Control participants",
      "HTR": "Meditators in the Himalayan tradition",
      "SNY": "Meditators in the Isha tradition",
      "VIP": "Meditators in the Vipassana tradition"
    }
  },
  "ethnicity": {
    "Levels": {
      "indian": "Participant of indian origin",
      "caucasian": "Participant of caucasian origin)"
    }
  },
  "first_session": {
    "Levels": {
      "meditation": "The first session was a meditation session",
      "thinking": "The first session was a thinking session"
    }
  },
  "sleep": {
    "Description": "Average number of hours of sleep per night",
    "Units": "hours"
  },
  "education": {
    "Description": "Number of years of university",
    "Units": "years"
  },
  "years_of_practice": {
    "Description": "Number of years of meditation practice",
    "Units": "years"
  },
  "notes": {
    "Description": "Notes about the participant"
  }
}