Meditation and attention: a comment on a recent article.
Perceptual and Motor Skills December 1, 2010
Meditation and attention: a comment on a recent article.
Meditation: all studies
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging of hippocampal activation during silent mantra meditation.
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine December 1, 2010 Maria Engström, Johan Pihlsgård, Peter Lundberg et al.
The objective of the present study was to investigate whether moderately experienced meditators activate hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex during silent mantra meditation, as has been observed in earlier studies on subjects with several years of practice. Subjects with less than 2 years of meditation practice according to the Kundalini yoga or Acem tradition were examined by functional...
Dispositional Mindfulness, Meditation, and Conditional Goal Setting.
Mindfulness December 1, 2010 Catherine Crane, Danka Jandric, Thorsten Barnhofer et al.
Conditional goal setting (CGS, the tendency to regard high order goals such as happiness, as conditional upon the achievement of lower order goals) is observed in individuals with depression and recent research has suggested a link between levels of dispositional mindfulness and conditional goal setting in depressed patients. Since interventions which aim to increase mindfulness through...
Duality and nonduality in meditation research.
Consciousness and Cognition December 1, 2010 Zoran Josipovic
The great variety of meditation techniques found in different contemplative traditions presents a challenge when attempting to create taxonomies based on the constructs of contemporary cognitive sciences. In the current issue of Consciousness and Cognition, Travis and Shear add 'automatic self-transcending' to the previously proposed categories of 'focused attention' and 'open monitoring', and...
An experimental study of the psychological impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on highly sensitive persons
Europe’s Journal of Psychology November 29, 2010 Ilse Soons, André Brouwers, Welko Tomic 25 citations
Background. The mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program has been provided in a variety of settings, and for a variety of individuals. Over two decades of research show that its effectiveness has been made plausible. However, the effects of MBSR interventions on highly sensitive persons (HSPs) have not been examined to date. Aim. This study investigated the effects of participation in...
Changes in the cortisol awakening response (CAR) following participation in mindfulness-based stress reduction in women who completed treatment for breast cancer.
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice November 26, 2010
Changes in the cortisol awakening response (CAR) following participation in mindfulness-based stress reduction in women who completed treatment for breast cancer.
Mindfulness groups for psychosis; key issues for implementation on an inpatient unit.
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy November 22, 2010
Mindfulness groups for psychosis; key issues for implementation on an inpatient unit.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for non-melancholic depression.
Journal of Affective Disorders November 20, 2010
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for non-melancholic depression.
Pilot study: Mindful Eating and Living (MEAL): weight, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes associated with a mindfulness-based intervention for people with obesity.
Complementary Therapies in Medicine November 11, 2010
Pilot study: Mindful Eating and Living (MEAL): weight, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes associated with a mindfulness-based intervention for people with obesity.
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density
Psychiatry Research November 10, 2010 Britta K. Hölzel, James Carmody, Mark Vangel et al.
Therapeutic interventions that incorporate training in mindfulness meditation have become increasingly popular, but to date, little is known about neural mechanisms associated with these interventions. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), one of the most widely used mindfulness training programs, has been reported to produce positive effects on psychological well-being and to ameliorate...