Adrienne McCallister

Common and Dissociable Neural Activity After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Response Programs

Psychosomatic Medicine April 11, 2018 Gunes Sevinc, Britta K. Hölzel, Javeria A. Hashmi et al. 65 citations

OBJECTIVE: We investigated common and dissociable neural and psychological correlates of two widely used meditation-based stress reduction programs. METHODS: Participants were randomized to the Relaxation Response (RR; n = 18; 56% female) or the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR; n = 16; 56% female) programs. Both programs use a "bodyscan" meditation; however, the RR program explicitly...