The search for scientific meaning in mindfulness research: Insights from a scoping review

NT Phan-Le, L Brennan, L Parker - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
There are on-going debates about what is and is not 'mindfulness'. These debates are
stifling rigorous academic research as scientific precision is a precursor to shared meaning …

A review of the methodology, taxonomy, and definitions in recent fMRI research on meditation

M Engström, J Willander, R Simon - Mindfulness, 2022 - Springer
Objectives As meditation is increasingly employed for the promotion of good health, there is
a growing interest in using neuroimaging methods to investigate the neural mechanisms by …

正念训练对冲动性不同要素的影响: 基于双加工理论

杨珍芝, 曾红 - 心理科学进展, 2023 - journal.psych.ac.cn
正念是指对当下身心体验不带有评判地觉察. 基于双加工理论, 以正念为核心的训练对个体冲动
性不同要素均具有明显干预效果. 一方面, 有助于降低因情感系统引发的冲动驱力 …

Mindfulness-based randomized controlled trials led to brain structural changes: an anatomical likelihood meta-analysis

S Siew, J Yu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Mindfulness has become increasingly popular and the practice presents in many different
forms. Research has been growing extensively with benefits shown across various …

Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy is associated with distinct resting‐state neural patterns in patients with generalized anxiety disorder

XR Zhao, ZF Chen, CY Kang, RX Liu… - Asia‐Pacific …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) may be effective for generalized
anxiety disorder (GAD); however, the neural mechanism is poorly understood. In this study …

Short-term meditation training alters brain activity and sympathetic responses at rest, but not during meditation

A Rusinova, M Volodina, A Ossadtchi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Although more people are engaging in meditation practices that require specialized training,
few studies address the issues associated with nervous activity pattern changes brought …

Mining the mind: linear discriminant analysis of MEG source reconstruction time series supports dynamic changes in deep brain regions during meditation sessions

D Calvetti, B Johnson, A Pascarella, F Pitolli… - Brain Topography, 2021 - Springer
Meditation practices have been claimed to have a positive effect on the regulation of mood
and emotions for quite some time by practitioners, and in recent times there has been a …

Structural and functional brain alterations in subthreshold depression: A multimodal coordinate‐based meta‐analysis

J Li, S Kuang, Y Liu, Y Wu, H Li - Human Brain Mapping, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Imaging studies of subthreshold depression (StD) have reported structural and functional
abnormalities in a variety of spatially diverse brain regions. However, there is no consensus …

Editorial special topic: Enhancing brain and cognition through meditation

C Crescentini, F Fabbro, B Tomasino - Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2017 - Springer
In recent years, meditation has become increasingly popular as a topic of scientific research
because of its suggested enhancing effects on brain and cognition. Several research lines …

Classification of mindfulness meditation and its impact on neural measures in the clinical population

STJ Ngan, PWC Cheng - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Different forms of mindfulness meditation are increasingly integrated in the clinical practice
in the last three decades. Previous studies have identified changes in the neurophysiology …