Consciousness and Cognition
February 2017
Veena Kumari, Elena Antonova, Bernice Wright et al.
This study examined the effects of cultivated (i.e. developed through training) and dispositional (trait) mindfulness on smooth pursuit (SPEM) and antisaccade (AS) tasks known to engage the fronto-parietal network implicated in attentional and motion detection processes, and the fronto-striatal network implicated in cognitive control, respectively. Sixty healthy men (19-59years), of whom 30...
Prevention Science
February 1, 2017
Joshua C Felver, Richard H. Jones, Matthew A Killam et al.
This research explored the effectiveness of a manualized contemplative intervention among children receiving intensive residential psychiatric care. Ten children with severe psychiatric disabilities received 12 sessions (30-45 min) of "Mindful Life: Schools" (MLS) over the course of a month. Facility-reported data on the use of physical intervention (i.e., seclusions and restraints) were...
Supportive Care in Cancer
January 19, 2017
Rebecca A Campo, Karen Bluth, Sheila J Santacroce et al.
Purpose: Young adult (YA) cancer survivors report substantial distress, social isolation, and body image concerns that can impede successful reintegration into life years after treatment completion. Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) interventions focus on developing mindfulness and self-compassion for managing distress, hardships, and perceived personal inadequacies. An MSC intervention would be...
Neuroimage
January 18, 2017
Hannah J. Scheibner, Carsten Bogler, Tobias Gleich et al.
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Focused attention meditations have been shown to improve psychological health and wellbeing and are nowadays an integral part of many psychotherapies. While research on the neural correlates of focused attention meditation is increasing, findings vary on whether meditations are associated with high or low activity in the default mode network (DMN). To clarify the relationship between focused...
Journal of Neuroscience Research
January 2, 2017
Tracey J. Shors, Emma M. Millon, Han Yan M Chang et al.
It is generally accepted that women tend to ruminate more than men do and these thought patterns are often associated with depressive symptoms (Nolen-Hoeksema et al., ). Based on these findings, we considered whether the relationship between rumination and depression is stronger in women than in men and if so, whether this might explain the higher prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD)...
AACN advanced critical care
2017
Meredith Mealer, Rachel M. Hodapp, David Conrad et al.
Workplace stress can affect job satisfaction, increase staff turnover and hospital costs, and reduce quality of patient care. Highly resilient nurses adapt to stress and use a variety of skills to cope effectively. To gain data on a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy resilience intervention for intensive care unit nurses to see if the intervention program would be feasible and acceptable....
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
2017
Dana Fischer, Matthias Messner, Olga Pollatos
Objective: Interoceptive processes are defined as ability to detect sensations arising within the body. There is a growing body of research investigating ways of improving interoceptive processes. One promising approach increasing the attention to bodily sensations is the body scan (BS), a method stemming from mindfulness-based stress reduction. Research so far revealed only heterogenous...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
2017
Tiffany Chenneville, Marielle Machacek, Tara Little et al.
The objective of this study was to measure the effects of a 90-day mindful rational living (MRL) program on the experience of destructive emotions-anger, anxiety, depression, guilt-among a normal population in a pilot trial. The MRL program combines mindfulness meditation techniques with rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) strategies. Participants were 17 adults who completed the MRL...
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
2017
Rui F. Afonso, Joana B Balardin, Sara W. Lazar et al.
Yoga, a mind-body activity that requires attentional engagement, has been associated with positive changes in brain structure and function, especially in areas related to awareness, attention, executive functions and memory. Normal aging, on the other hand, has also been associated with structural and functional brain changes, but these generally involve decreased cognitive functions. The aim...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
2017
Nantawachara Jirakittayakorn, Yodchanan Wongsawat
A binaural beat is a beat phenomenon that is generated by the dichotic presentation of two almost equivalent pure tones but with slightly different frequencies. The brain responses to binaural beats remain controversial; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate theta activity responses to a binaural beat by controlling factors affecting localization, including beat frequency, carrier...