meditation

Stepping out of history: Mindfulness improves insight problem solving.

Conscious Cogn. 2012 Apr 5; Authors: Ostafin BD, Kassman KT Abstract Insight problem solving is hindered by automated verbal-conceptual processes. Because mindfulness meditation training aims at “nonconceptual awareness” which involves a reduced influence of habitual verbal-conceptual processes on the interpretation of ongoing experience, mindfulness may facilitate insight problem solving. This hypothesis was examined across two [...]

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Effects of meditation experience on functional connectivity of distributed brain networks.

Effects of meditation experience on functional connectivity of distributed brain networks. Front Hum Neurosci. 2012;6:38 Authors: Hasenkamp W, Barsalou LW Abstract This study sought to examine the effect of meditation experience on brain networks underlying cognitive actions employed during contemplative practice. In a previous study, we proposed a basic model of naturalistic cognitive fluctuations that [...]

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Hypertension Analysis of stress Reduction using Mindfulness meditatiON and Yoga

(The HARMONY Study): study protocol of a randomised control trial. BMJ Open. 2012;2(2):e000848 Authors: Blom K, How M, Dai M, Baker B, Irvine J, Abbey S, Abramson BL, Myers M, Perkins N, Tobe SW Abstract INTRODUCTION: Hypertension (HTN) is a leading risk factor for preventable cardiovascular disease, with over one in five adults affected worldwide. [...]

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Unique brain anatomy in meditation practitioners

The unique brain anatomy of meditation practitioners: alterations in cortical gyrification. Front Hum Neurosci. 2012;6:34 Authors: Luders E, Kurth F, Mayer EA, Toga AW, Narr KL, Gaser C Abstract Several cortical regions are reported to vary in meditation practitioners. However, prior analyses have focused primarily on examining gray matter or cortical thickness. Thus, additional effects [...]

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Neural correlates of focused attention during a brief mindfulness induction.

Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2012 Mar 1; Authors: Dickenson J, Berkman ET, Arch J, Lieberman MD Abstract Mindfulness meditation-the practice of attending to present-moment experience and allowing emotions and thoughts to pass without judgment-has shown to be beneficial in clinical populations across diverse outcomes. However, the basic neural mechanisms by which mindfulness operates and relates [...]

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Bridging the hemispheres in meditation: Thicker callosal regions and enhanced fractional anisotropy (FA) in long-term practitioners.

Bridging the hemispheres in meditation: Thicker callosal regions and enhanced fractional anisotropy (FA) in long-term practitioners. Neuroimage. 2012 Feb 21; Authors: Luders E, Phillips OR, Clark K, Kurth F, Toga AW, Narr KL Abstract Recent findings suggest a close link between long-term meditation practices and the structure of the corpus callosum. Prior analyses, however, have [...]

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Influence of Mindfulness Practice on Cortisol and Sleep in Long-Term and Short-Term Meditators.

Influence of Mindfulness Practice on Cortisol and Sleep in Long-Term and Short-Term Meditators. Neuropsychobiology. 2012 Feb 24;65(3):109-118 Authors: Brand S, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Naranjo JR, Schmidt S Abstract Background: There is growing scientific interest in assessing the biological correlates of non-pharmacological interventions such as mindfulness. Examinations of the beneficial effects of mindfulness on hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical system activity [...]

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Regular, brief mindfulness meditation practice improves electrophysiological markers of attentional control.

Regular, brief mindfulness meditation practice improves electrophysiological markers of attentional control. Front Hum Neurosci. 2012;6:18 Authors: Moore A, Gruber T, Derose J, Malinowski P Abstract Mindfulness-based meditation practices involve various attentional skills, including the ability to sustain and focus ones attention. During a simple mindful breathing practice, sustained attention is required to maintain focus on [...]

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Benefits of Yoga for Psychosocial Well-Being in High School Curriculum

A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012 Feb 16; Authors: Noggle JJ, Steiner NJ, Minami T, Khalsa SB Abstract OBJECTIVE:: To test feasibility of yoga within a high school curriculum and evaluate preventive efficacy for psychosocial well-being. METHODS:: Grade 11 or 12 students (N = 51) who registered for physical education (PE) [...]

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Mindfulness training alters emotional memory recall

Mindfulness training alters emotional memory recall compared to active controls: support for an emotional information processing model of mindfulness. Front Hum Neurosci. 2012;6:15 Authors: Roberts-Wolfe D, Sacchet M, Hastings E, Roth H, Britton W Abstract Objectives: While mindfulness-based interventions have received widespread application in both clinical and non-clinical populations, the mechanism by which mindfulness meditation [...]

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