The protective effect of mindfulness and compassion meditation practices on ageing: Hypotheses, models and experimental implementation.
Ageing Research Reviews October 1, 2021 A. Lutz, G. Chételat, F. Collette et al.
Regular practice of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness and compassion meditation in the aging population may protect against Alzheimer's disease by strengthening attention control, emotion regulation, and prosocial capacities, which could reduce risk factors such as stress and depression while upregulating cognitive reserve. The paper presents this hypothesis and describes the ongoing Medit-Ageing study, which assesses the impact of such non-pharmacological interventions.