Frontiers in Psychology
August 31, 2026
Swapan Samanta
ProblemA persistent observation troubles both positive psychology and contemplative science: people suffer in the midst of success. The wealthy report emptiness; the deeply loved report captivity; the lucid report paralysis; the renunciate remains seized by the identity of renouncing. Existing wellbeing frameworks—utility theory, composite indices, PERMA—explain this poorly because they share a...
Egyptian Journal of Health Care
August 30, 2026
Manal Mohamed Abdelhamid Ali, Nagwa Ibrahim El-khayat, Lobna E.Sallam et al.
Background: It is important to identify and treat many of physical and mental health challenges that may arise with aging. Many serious health issues, including premature death, are connected with untreated mental illness. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate effect of nursing intervention based on mindfullness meditation on depressive symptoms and loneliness among elderly people. Design: A...
Religions
August 26, 2026
Malwina Krajewska
This article examines practices of meditation and aspiration performed during the Kagyu Monlam Chenmo in Bodh Gaya, within the Karma Kagyu institutional and devotional network associated with the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje. It focuses on the collective recitation of Samantabhadra’s King of Aspiration Prayers, not only as a liturgical performance, but as a contemplative practice shaped by...
Behavioral Sciences
August 26, 2026
Elisa Puvia, Luca Simione, Nima Gholizadeh et al.
Mortality salience research has played a central role in understanding responses to death awareness and existential threat. At the same time, relatively little research has examined whether long-term contemplative practice may shape affective, cognitive, and implicit responses to mortality-related stimuli. The present study investigated these processes in long-term contemplative practitioners...
Religions
August 26, 2026
Byoungjai Lee
The Pāli formulaic phrase parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā appears throughout the Nikāyas in contexts ranging from breathing meditation to non-breathing practices and idiomatic descriptions of meditative states, yet its central term, parimukha, was never defined within the canon. The subsequent commentarial literature did not unify this semantic openness. Rather, through a cumulative process in...
Religions
August 26, 2026
Bon-Su Ku
This study contrasts the Ganhwa Seon (看話禪) practice theories of Dahui Zonggao, Gaofeng Yuanmiao, and Mengshan Deyi with the focused attention/open monitoring (FA/OM) model proposed by Lutz et al. and the three-family model developed by Dahl et al., both of which are meditation classification frameworks based on cognitive mechanisms. Although these two frameworks have served as standard models...
Journal of Multidisciplinary Care
August 24, 2026
Ziba Raisi Dehkordi, Masoumeh Alidosti, Marzie Reisi
Introduction: Infertility is a major life stressor that can significantly impact women’s psychological well-being. One of the comprehensive indicators of mental health is self-concept. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on the self-concept of infertile women. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2020 among infertile women...
arXiv Preprint Archive
August 20, 2026
Tharaka Sachintha Ratnayake, Samangi Wadinambiarachchi, Sarah Schömbs et al.
Embodied and tangible devices are increasingly used to support mindfulness practices across meditation, yoga, and everyday routines. However, existing HCI research lacks a coherent theoretical foundation for explaining how such systems support distinct mindfulness processes and outcomes. First, we report findings from a scoping review of tangible devices (n=65) for mindfulness in HCI based on...
arXiv Preprint Archive
August 10, 2026
M. A. B. C. A. Bandaranayake, K. P. U. Chandrathilake, J. L. S. Jayasekara et al.
Meditation has been associated with a range of cognitive and physiological benefits. However, the underlying neural mechanisms of different meditation practices are not yet fully understood. This study investigates whether electroencephalogram (EEG) signals can be used to characterize and distinguish two commonly practiced meditation techniques, namely Samatha and Vipassana, which involve...
Frontiers in Psychology
August 10, 2026
Sofía Walsen, Covadonga Chaves, Constanza Baquedano
IntroductionPremenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a cyclically recurring psychobiological condition affecting up to 47.8% of women of reproductive age, with considerable impact on daily functioning, quality of life and a documented economic burden linked to work absenteeism. Despite its prevalence, PMS remains substantially undertreated, and pharmacological approaches are often associated with...
Frontiers in Psychology
August 10, 2026
Pragya Mishra, Susan L. Prescott, Alan C. Logan
Criminal sentencing attitudes can reflect psychological dispositions concerning agency, hierarchy, blame, and rehabilitation. This exploratory pilot examined whether established contemplative practice is associated with a less punitive profile and whether legal professionals show differences following a four-week Anapana programme. Ninety adults participated in three cohorts: experienced...
International Journal of Whole Person Care
August 8, 2026
Julie Anne Irving, Patricia L Dobkin, Jeeseon Park-Saltzman et al.
Objectives: In light of the detrimental impact of burnout upon clinicians and their patients, the identification of means through which the well-being of health care professionals can be fostered and protected is timely and important. The present study explored outcomes associated with participation in Mindfulness-Based Medical Practice (MBMP), a program modeled after Mindfulness-Based Stress...
International Journal of Whole Person Care
August 8, 2026
Sarah Moore, Rita Barbour, Hanh Ngo et al.
Background: Medical students experience high levels of stress during their training. Literature suggests that mindfulness can reduce stress and increase self-compassion levels in medical students. Most mindfulness training programs are delivered face-to-face and require significant time commitments, which can be difficult to achieve for rurally-based students with heavy academic workloads. Aim:...
IBRO Neuroscience Reports
August 1, 2026
Remko Van Lutterveld, Thomas Cahaly, Lukas van Herk et al.
Advanced meditation includes meditative endpoints that are outcomes of meditation practice and occur with time and mastery of meditation. The “cessation” event (c.f. nirodha in Theravada Buddhism) is a meditative endpoint characterized by a loss of consciousness followed by a sense of mental reset and deep clarity. In general, organization of brain activity exists along a “criticality”...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
August 1, 2026
Zhaohui Wei, Shuxin Zhang, Jia Ma et al.
This study investigates the adjunctive effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) combined with escitalopram hydrobromide on cognitive function and emotional well-being in older adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). We hypothesized that this combined approach would lead to greater enhancements in cognitive abilities and overall well-being compared to escitalopram...
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
August 1, 2026
Perianen Ramasawmy, Luise Charlotte Heim, Elisabeth Fechner et al.
In this open-label single-arm study, we tested the preliminary therapeutic effects of a four-week mindfullness-based intervention (MBI) tailored for fibromyalgia, including weekly online group meetings and daily mindfulness practices. Forty-six patients completed the intervention. The primary outcome was pain intensity scored on a numerical rating scale (NRS). Secondary outcomes included verbal...
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
August 1, 2026
Clarita Bonamino, Clara Hausen, Matthew D. Sacchet
Consciousness can persist, transform, and dissolve across wakefulness, sleep, and advanced meditation. Despite empirical and theoretical advances within each domain, these states are rarely examined within an integrated scientific framework. An interdisciplinary perspective reveals converging phenomena that challenge binary accounts of consciousness and highlight its graded, dynamic, and...