Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
July 2, 2020
Ute B. Thiermann, William R. Sheate
115 citations
Abstract The ecological crisis demands new strategies to rapidly transform our society into a more sustainable one. A growing amount of research points towards the potential of mindfulness to help transform people’s motivations for sustainability. This article reviews 30 years of research in mindfulness and sustainability and disentangles theoretical knowledge from empirical evidence. We...
2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
July 1, 2020
Yupeng Han, Weichen Huang, Haiyun Huang et al.
Meditation aims to improve individuals’ core psychological capacities, such as attentional and emotional self-regulation. In this study, we experimented to explore the utility of using permutation entropy (PE) features on electroencephalogram (EEG) data to distinguish among states in human meditation, attention, and relaxation. Twenty advanced yogis with above three years yoga experience and...
The Language Teacher
July 1, 2020
Ronald Schmidt-Fajlik
Students might approach reading with a sense of anxiety if they are unable to completely comprehend the text that they are reading. The purpose of this article is to determine whether the introduction of a mindful reading technique decreases anxiety about unfamiliar vocabulary and grammatical structures, increases focus, and builds confidence, thereby contributing to a more positive reading...
Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie
July 1, 2020
Corina Möller, Gisa Aschersleben
The Effect of a Short-Term Mindfulness Program on Memory Performance in School-Aged Children A one-week mindfulness-based intervention designed to improve 8- to 10-year-old children's memory performance was investigated. Seventy-three children were quasi-randomly assigned either to one of two mindfulness-based intervention groups (breathing meditation or yoga), or to an active control group....
July 1, 2020
Nathaniel A. Shanok, Carol Reive, Krystal D. Mize et al.
Abstract. Mindfulness meditation interventions (MMIs) are formal training programs which utilize mindfulness techniques to improve attentional control and reduce stress and anxiety. Past investigat...
Mindfulness
July 1, 2020
Bhikkhu Anālayo
AbstractDescriptions of the formal cultivation of mindfulness in theSatipaṭṭhāna-suttaand its parallels highlight that such practice has “internal” and “external” dimensions. Later traditions reflect a variety of viewpoints on the implications of these dimensions of establishing mindfulness. Perhaps due to the resultant uncertainty, contemporary research on the potential applicability and...
International Journal of Yoga - Philosophy, Psychology and Parapsychology
July 1, 2020
B. Ushamohan, A. Rajasekaran, Yamini Belur et al.
7 citations
Bhramari Pranayama is said to be an aid to attain Samadhi or contemplative absorption. It is a yogic technique that comprises attending to self-produced sound emulating a bumblebee along with breath control. The vibration of sound produced is the aid to enhance the level of consciousness to reach the state of Samadhi. In this review, an attempt has been made to understand the processing of...
Journal of Eastern-Asia Buddhism and Culture
June 30, 2020
Jong-yong Kim
최근 국내·외에서 명상을 과학적으로 규명하고자 하는 연구는 급격하게 늘어나고 있는 추세이다. 이는 최근 정신질환 및 웰빙(well-being)에 대한 수요가 급증한 것과 무관하지 않다. 많은 학자들은 정신과 관련한 인간의 문제들을 명상이 많은 부분에서 유의미한 효과를 가져다 줄 것이라 기대하고 있다. 일반적으로 명상은 심신안정 그리고 집중력향상과 같은 개인적 차원이 많이 대두되는 것이 사실이다. 하지만 최근 많은 연구들은 명상이 개인적 차원을 뛰어넘어 도덕 또는 윤리적 증진에 의미가 있음을 밝히고자 하는 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 명상에 의한 도덕성 증대에 대한 2가지 경로는 공감에 의한 이타행 그리고 순수 사랑에 의한 이타행으로 축약할 수 있다. 도덕성은 감정윤리학 그 중에서도 공감과 연계하여 도덕성을...
Journal of Nursing Science Update
June 30, 2020
Maria Julieta Esperanca Naibili, Iman Permana
Depression is a common mental disorder that is leading cause of disability in the world by 2020 and a major contributor to overall global disease burden. Globally, more than 300 million people of all ages suffer from depression and more women. Depression can affect aspects of life including psychological, physical, and social. MBCT teaches patients through the mind, feelings, and body...
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
June 30, 2020
Tracy Brandmeyer, Arnaud Delorme
Cortical oscillations serve as an index of both sensory and cognitive processes and represent one of the most promising candidates for training and targeting the top-down mechanisms underlying executive functions. Research findings suggest that theta (θ) oscillations (3-7 Hz) recorded over frontal-midline electrodes are broadly associated with a number of higher-order cognitive processes and...
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
June 26, 2020
A. Kamaraj
2 citations
Study of brain wave signals and proper analysis of them helps us to understand the impact of meditation in much more broader extent. This review paper examined various practices like Mindfulness, Full Attention, Open Meditation, Jhana, Yoga asanas, Mind Body Intervention and Heartfulness. It also extended to the study of effects of meditation on practitioners and narrates the cases with better...
IntechOpen eBooks
June 26, 2020
Patrizio Paoletti, Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan, Joseph Glicksohn
13 citations
EEG theta (4–7 Hz) activity is closely related to hypnosis and hypnotic analgesia, as well as to meditation and absorption. Research further indicates that theta oscillatory power is involved in different cognitive functions, such as spatial navigation, memory, creativity, and divided attention. The current manuscript will provide a synthesis of current knowledge regarding the importance of...
Religions
June 26, 2020
Terje Sparby
12 citations
This article presents the results of a qualitative study of Anthroposophic meditation, which arose in the German-speaking world in the early 20th Century focusing on cognition, self-development, and pro-social action. The objective was to explore this previously unstudied form of meditation. The current sample (N = 30) consists of long-term practitioners of Anthroposophic meditation....
June 25, 2020
Paul Frewen, R. Hunt, C. Pope et al.
It has been suggested that responding to the COVID-19 pandemic will require innovations in how mental healthcare is provided to Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Virtual Reality (...
Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice
June 25, 2020
Zoltan Dienes, Peter Lush, Bence Pálfi et al.
42 citations
We first review recent work from our laboratory, which construes hypnotizability as an example of a more general trait of capacity for phenomenological control, which people can use to create subjective experiences in many nonhypnotic contexts where those experiences fulfill people's goals. Second, we review recent work, which construes phenomenological control as a specifically metacognitive...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
June 20, 2020
Jacob van Doorn, Mengqi Xing, B. Rael Cahn et al.
1 citation
preprint
Abstract Alterations in brain connectivity has been shown for many disease states and groups of people from different levels of cognitive training. To study dynamic functional connectivity, we propose a method for a personalized connectomic state space called Thought Chart. Experienced meditators are an interesting group of healthy subjects for brain connectivity analyses due to their...
BMC Psychiatry
June 20, 2020
Audrey Millar, Liesbeth Tip, Ruth Lennon et al.
6 citations
BACKGROUND: Patients within psychiatric rehabilitation services have multiple, complex and enduring difficulties, and are frequently described as 'treatment resistant'. This group have diagnoses of major mental health conditions, most commonly schizophrenia, often alongside a history of complex trauma, co-morbid alcohol/ substance misuse, and cognitive impairment. There is no known effective...
Frontiers in Psychology
June 18, 2020
Rongxiang Tang, Todd Samuel Braver
39 citations
The growing popularity of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) has prompted exciting scientific research investigating their beneficial effects on well-being and health. Most mindfulness programs are provided as multi-faceted packages encompassing a set of different mindfulness techniques, each with distinct focus and mechanisms. However, this approach overlooks potential individual...
Journal of Disability and Religion
June 17, 2020
H. Nilsson
Abstract Learning to become a mindful driver involves the acquisition of skills and striving to reach a level of attention and awareness of the driving activity. This learning process can be of value to drivers in general, and in particular, to those with ADHD, whose impaired attention, inter alia, heightens the risk for collisions. Mindfulness practices which, among other things, cultivate an...
JMIR Mental Health
June 17, 2020
Christo El Morr, Paul Ritvo, F. Ahmad et al.
Background A student mental health crisis is increasingly acknowledged and will only intensify with the COVID-19 crisis. Given accessibility of methods with demonstrated efficacy in reducing depression and anxiety (eg, mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy [CBT]) and limitations imposed by geographic obstructions and localized expertise, web-based alternatives have become...