Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction to improve attentional control in older adults (HealthyAgers trial).
BMC Geriatrics August 13, 2022 Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, Stephanie Fountain-Zaragoza, Megan Fisher et al.
Mindfulness meditation is a form of mind-body intervention that has increasing scientific support for its ability to reduce age-related declines in cognitive functioning, improve affective health, and strengthen the neural circuitry supporting improved cognitive and affective health. However, the majority of existent studies have been pilot investigations with small sample sizes, limited...
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03334-7 (opens in new tab)
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Mindfulness
Attentional control
Healthy aging
Mind-wandering