April 14, 2024
Vaibhav Tripathi, Ishaan Batta, Andre Zamani et al.
preprint
The default mode network (DMN) is intricately linked with processes such as self-referential thinking, episodic memory recall, self-projection, and understanding the mindset of others. Over recent years, there has been a surge in examining its functional connectivity, particularly its antagonistic relationship with frontoparietal networks (FPN) involved in top-down attention, executive...
Rehabilitation psychology
November 2022
Elizabeth Jean Duraney, Megan Fisher, Heena R Manglani et al.
Purpose/Objective Research: This secondary analysis of a pilot randomized controlled trial in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) aimed to compare mindfulness-based training (MBT), adaptive cognitive training (aCT), and a waitlist control (WL) on the use of emotion regulation strategies during daily worries and ruminations. Further, we examined cognitive functioning as a moderator of training...
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...
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
August 29, 2018
Stephanie Fountain-Zaragoza, Nicole A Puccetti, Patrick Whitmoyer et al.
Objectives: Aging is associated with declines in performance on certain laboratory tasks of attentional control. However, older adults tend to report greater mindful, present-moment attention and less mind-wandering (MW) than young adults. For older adults, high levels of these traits may be protective for attentional performance. This study examined age-related differences in global (i.e.,...
Scientific Reports
May 21, 2018
Paul B Sharp, Bradley P Sutton, Erick J Paul et al.
Although mindfulness meditation is known to provide a wealth of psychological benefits, the neural mechanisms involved in these effects remain to be well characterized. A central question is whether the observed benefits of mindfulness training derive from specific changes in the structural brain connectome that do not result from alternative forms of experimental intervention. Measures of...
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
February 2, 2017
Stephanie Fountain-Zaragoza, Ruchika Shaurya Prakash
68 citations
The growing interest in mindfulness interventions for use in aging samples has been met with promising evidence of cognitive, emotional, and physiological benefits. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the impact of mindfulness training on three areas of functioning in older adults: behavioral and neural correlates of attentional performance, psychological well-being, and...