5 papers in the library · 350 citations · publishing 2018-2024
Sci Rep November 27, 2024 Sacha Haudry, Anne-Laure Turpin, Brigitte Landeau et al. 3 citations
Decoding meditation mechanisms underlying brain preservation and psycho-affective health in older expert meditators and older meditation-naive participants.
JAMA Neurology October 10, 2022 Gaël Chételat, Antoine Lutz, Olga Klimecki et al. 45 citations
Importance: No lifestyle-based randomized clinical trial directly targets psychoaffective risk factors of dementia. Meditation practices recently emerged as a promising mental training exercise to foster brain health and reduce dementia risk. Objective: To investigate the effects of meditation training on brain integrity in older adults. Design, Setting, and Participants: Age-Well was a...
Neuropsychology Review August 4, 2021 Tim Whitfield, Thorsten Barnhofer, Rebecca L. Acabchuk et al. 193 citations
Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are increasingly utilized to improve mental health. Interest in the putative effects of MBPs on cognitive function is also growing. This is the first meta-analysis of objective cognitive outcomes across multiple domains from randomized MBP studies of adults. Seven databases were systematically searched to January 2020. Fifty-six unique studies (n = 2,931) were...
Alzheimer s & Dementia December 1, 2020 Tim Whitfield, Thorsten Barnhofer, Rebecca L. Acabchuk et al. 6 citations
Abstract Background The primary focus of mindfulness‐based program (MBP) research to date has been on mental health. More recently, attention has turned to putative effects on cognition. An evidence synthesis is required to answer the key question of ‘Do MBPs confer cognitive benefit, and if so, for whom?’ A particularly crucial distinction is whether benefits differ according to individuals’...
Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 2018 Géraldine Poisnel, Eider M. Arenaza‐Urquijo, Fabienne Collette et al. 103 citations
INTRODUCTION: The Age-Well clinical trial is an ongoing monocentric, randomized, controlled trial aiming to assess an 18-month preventive meditation-based intervention directly targeting the attentional and emotional dimensions of aging to promote mental health and well-being in elderly people. METHODS: One hundred thirty-seven cognitively unimpaired older adults are randomized to either an...