Scientific Reports
August 25, 2017
Gaël Chételat, Florence Mezenge, Clémence Tomadesso et al.
67 citations
Aging is associated with progressive cerebral volume and glucose metabolism decreases. Conditions such as stress and sleep difficulties exacerbate these changes and are risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. Meditation practice, aiming towards stress reduction and emotion regulation, can downregulate these adverse factors. In this pilot study, we explored the possibility that lifelong meditation...
PLoS One
August 4, 2017
Devon Brunner, Amitai Abramovitch, Joseph Etherton
Background: Recent studies suggest that yoga practice may improve cognitive functioning. Although preliminary data indicate that yoga improves working memory (WM), high-resolution information about the type of WM subconstructs, namely maintenance and manipulation, is not available. Furthermore, the association between cognitive enhancement and improved mindfulness as a result of yoga practice...
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
August 2017
Shaghayegh Konjedi, Reza Maleeh
By a systematic analysis of the current literature on the neural correlates of mind wandering, that is, the default network (DN), and by shedding light on some determinative factors and conditions which affect the relationship between mind wandering and negative mood, we show that (1) mind wandering per se does not necessarily have a positive correlation with negative mood and, on the higher...
Consciousness and Cognition
August 2017
J Kornmeier, E Friedel, M Wittmann et al.
The Necker-Zeno model of bistable perception provides a formal relation between the average duration of meta-stable percepts (dwell times T) of ambiguous figures and two other basic time scales (t0, ΔT) underlying cognitive processing. The model predicts that dwell times T covary with t0, ΔT or both. We tested this prediction by exploiting that observers, in particular experienced meditators,...
Sexual medicine reviews
July 2017
Nikita Arora, Lori A Brotto
Female sexual dysfunction (FSD), consisting of a constellation of distressing sexual symptoms, is highly prevalent worldwide. Given the central role played by psychological factors in the development of FSD, psychologically and in particular mindfulness-based interventions have arisen as potential treatment options for women. Although mindfulness-based interventions have been evaluated in...
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
June 27, 2017
Lisa A Uebelacker, Morganne A. Kraines, Monica K Broughton et al.
Objectives: To understand depressed individuals' experiences in a 10-week hatha yoga program. Design: In a randomized controlled trial, participants were assigned to either 10 weeks of hatha yoga classes or a health education control group. This report includes responses from participants in yoga classes. At the start of classes, average depression symptom severity level was moderate. Main...
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
June 23, 2017
Z Taghizdeh, A Ebadi, M Dehghani et al.
Background: The description of women's experiences of childbirth improves our understandings of the nature of childbirth, women's suffering and pain during childbirth. Aim: This study aimed to explore women's experiences of pain during childbirth. Method: A qualitative study was conducted using a conventional content analysis method proposed by Graneheim and Lundman (2004). In-depth face to...
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
June 13, 2017
Cristiana Duarte, José Pinto-Gouveia, R James Stubbs
A low-intensity 4-week intervention that included components of compassion, mindfulness, and acceptance was delivered to women diagnosed with binge eating disorder. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 conditions: intervention (n = 11) or waiting list control (n = 9). Participants in the intervention condition were invited to practise mindfulness, soothing rhythm breathing, and...
Neuroethics
April 26, 2017
Rafael Ahlskog
22 citations
Current suggestions for capacities that should be targeted for moral enhancement has centered on traits like empathy, fairness or aggression. The literature, however, lacks a proper model for understanding the interplay and complexity of moral capacities, which limits the practicability of proposed interventions. In this paper, I integrate some existing knowledge on the nature of human moral...
Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine
April 13, 2017
Kathi J Kemper, Nisha Rao, Gregg Gascon et al.
Background: There is a high rate of burnout among health professionals, driving diverse attempts to promote resilience and well-being to counter this trend. The purpose of this project was to assess the dose-response relationship between the number of hours of online mind-body skills training for health professionals and relevant outcomes a year later. Methods: Among 1438 registrants for online...