Page 1/19 Development of “The Colombo Intake Interview to identify skilled meditators for scientiｦc research (CIISMR)” N.O. Outschoorn (  omella@med.cmb.ac.lk ) Research Promotion and Facilitation Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka E.A.S.K. Somarathne Department of Zoology and Environment Science, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka H.M.N.N. Dasanayaka Research Promotion and Facilitation Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka L.J.U Karunarathne Department of Physical Medicine, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo K.K. Vithanage Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka K.P.C. Dalpatadu Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka M.W. Gunathunga Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka H.M.J.C. Herath Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka S. Jayasinghe Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka W.D.N. Dissanayake Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka Research Article Keywords: Buddhist meditation, skilled-meditator, scientiｦc meditation research, stable attention, peripheral awareness, alertness, emotional stability Posted Date: May 5th, 2022