Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
April 20, 2026
Seoyoung Lee, Seok-In Yoon, Hsien-Yin Liao et al.
The self is increasingly conceptualized as an embodied, predictive process in contemporary cognitive and affective neuroscience. The brain continually infers the causes of both exteroceptive and interoceptive signals in order to minimize prediction error and maintain allostatic balance. Within this framework, emotion can be understood as an inference about changes in bodily states. Parallel...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2025
Seok-In Yoon, Hui-Yeong Park, Chan Park et al.
3 citations
Hwabyung is a Korean culture-bound syndrome characterized by anger-related physical and psychological symptoms. Depressive disorder is a common mental disorder that occurs worldwide and is highly comorbid with Hwabyung. In traditional East Asian medicine, both Hwabyung and depression are associated with an imbalance in vital energy termed qi. Mindfulness induces psychosomatic balance, and...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2024
Seok-In Yoon, Hui-Yeong Park, Hyun Woo Lee et al.
3 citations
Hwabyung is a Korean culture-bound syndrome characterized by anger-related physical and psychological symptoms. Depressive disorder is a common mental illness occurring worldwide, and has been reported to have a high comorbidity rate with Hwabyung. For patients with depressive disorders, differential diagnosis and combined treatment for Hwabyung should be considered. Mindfulness and Qigong may...
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
January 15, 2021
Hyo-Weon Suh, H. Jeong, Sunggyu Hong et al.
INTRODUCTION This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program in improving sleep in cancer survivors. METHODS Four electronic databases (Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PubMed, and PsycARTICLES) were searched for randomized controlled trials evaluating the effects of MBSR on the sleep of cancer survivors from their inception to May...
Integrative Medicine Research
August 27, 2020
Chan-Young Kwon, Sun-Yong Chung, Jong Woo Kim
Background: The significance of mindfulness meditation (MM) has increased in recent years in both clinical settings and public health. However, ways to implement MM as a disease prevention or treatment method in the elderly is still a major challenge. A comprehensive analysis of previous studies on MM programs for the elderly in Korea will help build future integrated care programs that...