Xiaoyan Wang

2 papers in the library · 16 citations · publishing 2024-2026

Papers

The effects of mindfulness enhanced Tai Chi Chuan training on mental and physical health among beginners: a randomized controlled trial.

Frontiers in Psychology January 1, 2024 Ping Qu, Xiaoqing Zhu, Hui Zhou et al. 16 citations

Adding explicit mindfulness instruction to standard Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) training improves beginners' mental and physical health more than TCC alone. In a randomized trial with 119 healthy college students new to TCC, those who received a 10-week Mindfulness-enhanced Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) program showed significantly greater gains in mindfulness, lower anxiety and stress, and better health- and skill-related physical fitness compared with a standard TCC group. No difference in depression was found between the two groups. The findings suggest that MTCC offers additional mental health benefits while also improving physical fitness, making it a useful intervention for beginners.

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1381009 Full text Mindfulness Tai chi chuan Beginners Mental health +1

Longitudinally altered default mode network and insula multimodal brain pattern in end-stage renal disease during sustained hemodialysis treatment.

iScience June 19, 2026 Chuang Liang, Wenhao Jiang, Jiayu Chen et al.

A specific pattern of altered connectivity between the default mode network and the insula, detected via unsupervised fusion of functional and structural MRI, was found in 39 people with end-stage renal disease receiving hemodialysis over one year. This pattern was linked to cognitive performance, and its associated genes were enriched in DNA damage repair, energy metabolism, and cellular activation. The baseline pattern predicted future cognition in this group, and similar brain-cognition associations were validated in independent cohorts with major depressive disorder (n=60), mild cognitive impairment (n=291), and Alzheimer's disease (n=77).

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.116008 Full text Health science