Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions

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The Age‐Well randomized controlled trial of the Medit‐Ageing European project: Effect of meditation or foreign language training on brain and mental health in older adults

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...

DOI: 10.1016/j.trci.2018.10.011 Meditation Randomized controlled trial Intervention counseling Psychological intervention +4

The Age‐Well observational study on expert meditators in the Medit‐Ageing European project

Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 2018 Antoine Lutz, Olga Klimecki, Fabienne Collette et al. 18 citations

INTRODUCTION: The Age-Well observational, cross-sectional study investigates the affective and cognitive mechanisms of meditation expertise with behavioral, neuroimaging, sleep, and biological measures sensitive to aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS: Thirty cognitively unimpaired individuals aged 65 years or older with at least 10,000 hours of practice in mindfulness meditation (MM)...

DOI: 10.1016/j.trci.2018.11.002 Observational study Ageing Gerontology Pathology