Both online and face-to-face mindfulness meditation can change cortical structure in internet gaming disorder.
Journal of Psychiatric Research October 1, 2025 Haohao Dong, Huabin Wang, Xuefeng Xu et al.
Mindfulness meditation (MM) has been shown to effectively alleviate symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and improve neural functioning. However, it remains unclear whether both online and face-to-face MM can enhance cortical structure, a stable and reliable neural biomarker. This study included 100 IGD patients randomly assigned to three groups: face-to-face MM (31 participants), online...