Analysis on the Influence of Mindfulness Based Compassion Meditation Program for Elderly Women’s Brain Activation and Stress, Who Experienced Loss of Spouse
April 30, 2016 Yun-Keum Kim
A 16-week mindfulness-based compassion meditation program, involving weekly 60-minute sessions, increased brain activity and reduced stress in elderly women aged 65–75 who had lost a spouse. In the experimental group of 30 women, the Activity Quotient (a measure of mental function and behavior tendency) increased in the right hemisphere, and the AntiStress Quotient (a measure of physical and mental relaxation) increased in the left hemisphere, compared to a control group of 30 women. The program was designed to integrate body and mind through compassion meditation aimed at developing love, sympathy, and compassion.