Scientific ReportsOctober 27, 2023Savannah K H Siew, Junhong Yu
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Mindfulness has become increasingly popular and the practice presents in many different forms. Research has been growing extensively with benefits shown across various outcomes. However, there is a lack of consensus over the efficacy of randomized controlled mindfulness interventions, both traditional and mind-body formats. This study aimed to investigate the structural brain changes in...
Meditation is an age-old practice that continues to attract significant interest in the field of neuroscience due to its stress-reducing and therapeutic benefits. In line with this growing area of research, our study aims to contribute by identifying potential neural markers associated with meditation. To achieve this goal, we investigate various features extracted from the time domain...
Frontiers in PsychologyOctober 27, 2023Inder S. Chaudhary, Gary C.‐w. Shyi, Shih-Tseng Tina Huang9 citations
Conventional Buddhist texts illustrate meditation as a condition of relaxed alertness that must fend against extreme hypoarousal (sleep, drowsiness) and extreme hyperarousal (restlessness). Theoretical, neurophysiological, and neuroimaging investigations of meditation have highlighted the relaxing effects and hypoarousing without emphasizing the alertness-promoting effects. Here we performed a...
JMIR Research ProtocolsOctober 25, 2023Alexander Mattia Presciutti, Emily C Woodworth, Elizabeth A Rochon et al.
Background: Caregivers of patients with severe acute brain injuries (SABI) that lead to coma and require intensive care unit (ICU) treatment often experience chronic emotional distress. To address this need, we developed the Coma Family (COMA-F) program, a mindfulness-based resiliency intervention for these caregivers. Objective: We will conduct an open pilot trial of COMA-F (National...
In recent years, assisting meditation using neuro-feedback applications has become increasingly popular. One key component of such applications is the ability to accurately decode the state of meditation from electroencephalography (EEG) signals in real-time, with as small calibration as possible. This work investigates the problem of cross-subject mindfulness meditation decoding from EEG...
Introduction Tai Chi standing meditation (Zhan Zhuang, also called pile standing) is characterized by meditation, deep breathing, and mental focus based on theories of traditional Chinese medicine. The purpose of the present study was to explore prefrontal cortical hemodynamics and the functional network organization associated with Tai Chi standing meditation by using functional near-infrared...
Helping professionals are at risk of experiencing adverse health and psychological problems when working in roles where they are continually exposed to the emotional distress of others. The term compassion fatigue was coined to describe symptoms of emotional and physical fatigue experienced by workers in these environments. However, empirical research contends that compassion does not cause...
Introduction Borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder is a severe disorder of emotional regulation. In people with BPD, mood swings are extreme, relationships are uncertain, and emotions are difficult to control, suicide and self-destructive behaviors are extremely common. medical treatment can certainly reduce the symptoms and suffering of...
Introduction: Social anxiety disorder is characterized by the fear of negative evaluation. This psychological construct results in individual’s poor functioning. Aim: The present research aimed to compare the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness therapy on the fear of negative evaluation in individuals with social anxiety disorder. Method: This quasi-experimental study,...
Mindfulness and relaxation techniques for mental health are increasingly being explored in the human-computer interaction community. Physiological signals and their visualization have often been exploited together in a form of biofeedback with other intervention methods. Here, we aim to contribute to the body of existing work on biofeedback interfaces for mindfulness, with a particular focus on...