UTAS Research Repository
2014
ML Fallon
The efficacy of mindfulness-based therapies for treatment of a range of psychological presentations has been demonstrated by a substantial amount of research. The present study compared three specific mindfulness techniques: mindfulness of breath (MOB), body scanning (BS), and everyday mindfulness (EDM). A community sample of 263 was recruited to complete an 8-week course, with participants...
Neurology Research International
2014
Adam B. Levin, Emily J. Hadgkiss, Tracey Joy Weiland et al.
80 citations
Background. Multiple sclerosis (MS) disease course is known to be adversely affected by several factors including stress. A proposed mechanism for decreasing stress and therefore decreasing MS morbidity and improving quality of life is meditation. This review aims to critically analyse the current literature regarding meditation and MS. Methods. Four major databases were used to search for...
Explore
2014
Varun Sharma, Amit Sood, Kavita Prasad et al.
Interventions to decrease stress and enhance resiliency and mindfulness are more likely to be widely implemented if they can be offered without the need for in-person training. The purpose of this study was to assess effectiveness of a self-directed Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program delivered using only written material for improving stress, resiliency, and mindfulness....
PLoS One
2014
Wendy T. M. Pots, Peter A M Meulenbeek, Martine M Veehof et al.
Although there has been growing evidence for the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for different clinical populations, its effectiveness as a public mental health intervention has not been studied. The present study evaluates a community-based MBCT intervention for adults with mild to moderate depressive symptomatology in a large multi-site, pragmatic randomized controlled...
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging
2014
Uttam Kumar, Anupam Guleria, Sadguru Sri Kunal Kishan et al.
The anatomical correlates of long-term meditators involved in practice of "SOHAM" meditation have been studied using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). The VBM analysis indicates significantly higher gray matter density in brain stem, ventral pallidum, and supplementary motor area in the meditators as compared with age-matched nonmeditators. The observed changes in brain structure are compared with...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
January 2014
Andrew B. Newberg, Mijail Serruya, Nancy Wintering et al.
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a significant problem for the healthcare system, doctors, and patients. With an aging population, more and more individuals are developing neurodegenerative diseases and there are few treatment options at the present time. Meditation techniques present an interesting potential adjuvant treatment for patients with neurodegenerative diseases and have the advantage...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
January 2014
Eileen Luders
A growing body of research suggests that meditation practices are associated with substantial psychological as well as physiological benefits. In searching for the biological mechanisms underlying the beneficial impact of meditation, studies have revealed practice-induced alterations of neurotransmitters, brain activity, and cognitive abilities, just to name a few. These findings not only imply...
Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering
2014
Oldřich Vyšata, Martin Schätz, Jakub Kopál et al.
31 citations
In this study, the performance of Sevcik’s algorithm that calculates the fractal dimension and permutation entropy as discriminants to detect calming and insight meditation in electroencephalo-graphic (EEG) signals was assessed. The proposed methods were applied to EEG recordings from meditators practicing insight meditation and calming meditation before as well as during both types of...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
2014
Salvador Perona Garcelán, José M. García‐Montes, J. F. Rodríguez-Testal et al.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood traumas, mindfulness, and dissociation (more specifically, absorption and depersonalization) in healthy subjects with and without hallucination proneness. A sample of 318 subjects was given the Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale–Revised (R. P. Bentall & P. Slade, 1985). From this sample, 2 groups were formed: one with...
Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
2014
[Mindfulness, depression, quality of life, and cancer: The nonlinear, indirect effect of mindfulness on the quality of life of cancer patients].