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Boyu Ren

2 papers in the library · publishing 2026

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Personalized prediction of response to three meditation practices: A randomized controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy August 10, 2026 Otto Simonsson, Christian A. Webb, Mini Ruiz et al.

Despite decades of meditation research, there is a lack of preregistered and well-powered studies that investigate the effects of brief meditation practices on subjective wellbeing and use data-driven approaches to predict response to these interventions. Using representative samples of the US and UK adult populations with regards to age, sex, and ethnicity (N = 5049), we conducted a...

Emotional intensity and visual imagery in trauma nightmares map to posterior hippocampus connectivity

Translational Psychiatry August 3, 2026 Meaghan McKenna, Kevin J. Clancy, Christine So et al.

Distressing dreams or nightmares about a traumatic experience are common among trauma-exposed individuals and contribute to the maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Like other intrusive reexperiencing symptoms, trauma-related nightmares are characterized by vivid sensory details and heightened emotional intensity. However, little is known about their underlying...