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Brief, daily meditation enhances attention, memory, mood, and emotional regulation in non-experienced meditators.
Basso JC, McHale A, Ende V, Oberlin DJ, Suzuki WA. Basso JC, et al. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Jan 1;356:208-220. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.08.023. Epub 2018 Aug 25. Behav Brain Res. 2019. PMID: 30153464
Meditation is an ancient practice that cultivates a calm yet focused mind; however, little is known about how short, practical meditation practices affect cognitive functioning in meditation-naive populations. ...This study not only suggests a lower li …
Meditation is an ancient practice that cultivates a calm yet focused mind; however, little is known about how short, practical …
Focused attention meditation in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional functional MRI studies.
Ganesan S, Beyer E, Moffat B, Van Dam NT, Lorenzetti V, Zalesky A. Ganesan S, et al. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022 Oct;141:104846. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104846. Epub 2022 Sep 5. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022. PMID: 36067965
Meditation trains the mind to focus attention towards an object or experience. Among different meditation techniques, focused attention meditation is considered foundational for more advanced practices. ...Aggregating all evidence, we present a unified …
Meditation trains the mind to focus attention towards an object or experience. Among different meditation techniques, focus …
Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal.
Balban MY, Neri E, Kogon MM, Weed L, Nouriani B, Jo B, Holl G, Zeitzer JM, Spiegel D, Huberman AD. Balban MY, et al. Cell Rep Med. 2023 Jan 17;4(1):100895. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100895. Epub 2023 Jan 10. Cell Rep Med. 2023. PMID: 36630953 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Here, we report a remote, randomized, controlled study (NCT05304000) of three different daily 5-min breathwork exercises compared with an equivalent period of mindfulness meditation over 1 month. The breathing conditions are (1) cyclic sighing, which emphasizes prolonged e …
Here, we report a remote, randomized, controlled study (NCT05304000) of three different daily 5-min breathwork exercises compared with an eq …
Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation.
Lutz A, Slagter HA, Dunne JD, Davidson RJ. Lutz A, et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2008 Apr;12(4):163-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.01.005. Epub 2008 Mar 10. Trends Cogn Sci. 2008. PMID: 18329323 Free PMC article. Review.
Among these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly studied. One style, focused attention meditation, entails the voluntary focusing of attention on a chosen object. The other style, open monitoring meditation, involves nonreactive mo …
Among these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly studied. One style, focused attention meditation, entail …
Mindfulness mediates the physiological markers of stress: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pascoe MC, Thompson DR, Jenkins ZM, Ski CF. Pascoe MC, et al. J Psychiatr Res. 2017 Dec;95:156-178. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 23. J Psychiatr Res. 2017. PMID: 28863392
Thus, we aimed to conduct a meta-analysis investigating the neurobiological effects of meditation, including focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending subtypes, compared to an active control, on markers of stress. ...Forty-five studies were …
Thus, we aimed to conduct a meta-analysis investigating the neurobiological effects of meditation, including focused attention …
Mindfulness Meditation: Impact on Attentional Control and Emotion Dysregulation.
Prakash RS. Prakash RS. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2021 Oct 13;36(7):1283-1290. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acab053. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2021. PMID: 34651648 Free PMC article. Review.
OBJECTIVE: Theoretical models of mindfulness meditation conceptualize the cultivation of focused attention and regulation of emotional states, with the attitudinal foundations that promote nonjudgment and acceptance, to facilitate cognitive and affective processing …
OBJECTIVE: Theoretical models of mindfulness meditation conceptualize the cultivation of focused attention and regulation of e …
Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness.
Lazar SW, Kerr CE, Wasserman RH, Gray JR, Greve DN, Treadway MT, McGarvey M, Quinn BT, Dusek JA, Benson H, Rauch SL, Moore CI, Fischl B. Lazar SW, et al. Neuroreport. 2005 Nov 28;16(17):1893-7. doi: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000186598.66243.19. Neuroreport. 2005. PMID: 16272874 Free PMC article.
We hypothesized that meditation practice might also be associated with changes in the brain's physical structure. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to assess cortical thickness in 20 participants with extensive Insight meditation experience, which involves focu …
We hypothesized that meditation practice might also be associated with changes in the brain's physical structure. Magnetic resonance …
Mechanisms of mindfulness.
Shapiro SL, Carlson LE, Astin JA, Freedman B. Shapiro SL, et al. J Clin Psychol. 2006 Mar;62(3):373-86. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20237. J Clin Psychol. 2006. PMID: 16385481
Recently, the psychological construct mindfulness has received a great deal of attention. The majority of research has focused on clinical studies to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions. ...
Recently, the psychological construct mindfulness has received a great deal of attention. The majority of research has focused on cli …
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: theory and practice.
Sipe WE, Eisendrath SJ. Sipe WE, et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2012 Feb;57(2):63-9. doi: 10.1177/070674371205700202. Can J Psychiatry. 2012. PMID: 22340145 Review.
Our paper aims to briefly describe MBCT and its putative mechanisms of action, and to review the current findings about the use of MBCT in people with mood and anxiety disorders. The therapeutic stance of MBCT focuses on encouraging patients to adopt a new way of being and …
Our paper aims to briefly describe MBCT and its putative mechanisms of action, and to review the current findings about the use of MBCT in p …
Meditation focused on self-observation of the body impairs metacognitive efficiency.
Schmidt C, Reyes G, Barrientos M, Langer ÁI, Sackur J. Schmidt C, et al. Conscious Cogn. 2019 Apr;70:116-125. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2019.03.001. Epub 2019 Mar 11. Conscious Cogn. 2019. PMID: 30871785 Clinical Trial.
In this study, we evaluate whether metacognition is trainable through generic meditation training, and if so, which component of meditation would be instrumental in this improvement. To this end, we evaluated participants' metacognitive efficiency before and after t …
In this study, we evaluate whether metacognition is trainable through generic meditation training, and if so, which component of m …
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