Frontiers in Psychiatry
December 11, 2020
Background: Fostering greater resiliency to stress, optimal psychosocial development and promoting better mental health and well-being in youth is an important goal of the Canadian and American elementary school systems ( 1 , 2 ). Recent research on mindfulness and philosophy for children (P4C) has yielded promising results regarding innovative interventions that may be implemented in...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
December 10, 2020
Christina Spinelli, Etienne Paradis-Gagné, Megan Per et al.
Forensic inpatients (i. e., individuals found not responsible for a criminal offense on account of mental illness) represent an often marginalized and difficult-to-treat population. This has led to the need for research exploring the effectiveness of novel interventions. A Canadian forensic hospital has developed an 8-weeks mindfulness and yoga training program (MTP). This pilot study examined...
Scientific Reports
December 10, 2020
Johan C. Karremans, Gesa Kappen, Melanie P. J. Schellekens et al.
There is increasing scientific interest in the potential association between mindfulness and romantic relationship wellbeing. To date, however, experimental studies using active control groups and testing dyadic effects (i.e. examining both actor and partner effects) are lacking. In the current study, romantically involved individuals engaged for 2 weeks daily in either guided mindfulness...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
December 10, 2020
R. Nicastro, Françoise Jermann, Sophie Bluteau Blin et al.
Introduction: Mindfulness-based programs are a promising option for patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), who face attention, hyperactivity, and emotion dysregulation issues in their daily life. Objective: To examine the implementation and impact of specific mindfulness training for adults with ADHD in a French-speaking unit. Methods: Thirty-eight adults with ADHD were...
IEEE India Conference
December 10, 2020
R. Ganesan, Kanishka Sharma
Electroencephalogram (EEG) is investigated for changes in the pattern of brain activity during meditation. Correlation between the neural activity in each region with those of other regions of the brain are studied. EEG recorded from fifteen practitioners of the peace and angelic meditations, being part of the Rajayoga meditation of Prajapita Brahmakumaris World Spiritual University is analyzed...
Brain and Behavior
December 10, 2020
Elke R. Gizewski, Ruth Steiger, Michaela Waibel et al.
4 citations
BACKGROUND: Meditation is increasingly attracting interest among neuroimaging researchers for its relevance as a cognitive enhancement technique and several cross-sectional studies have indicated cerebral changes. This longitudinal study applied a distinct and standardized meditative technique with a group of volunteers in a short-term training program to analyze brain metabolic changes....
Systematic Reviews
December 7, 2020
Marie-France Perrier, Nalia Gurgel-Juarez, Heather Leslie Flowers et al.
Background and purpose: Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are becoming increasingly popular, the application of MBIs with children and adolescents is still in its infancy. Mapping the existing literature is necessary to help guide pediatric mindfulness interventions. Our purpose is to synthesize the evidence of reported MBIs for children and adolescents with and without physical,...
BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation
December 7, 2020
Hiromitsu Miyata, Daisuke Kobayashi, Akifumi Sonoda et al.
Background: Empirical data have suggested that mind-body practices that originated in Eastern traditions can cause desirable changes to psychological traits, the brain, somatic physiological functions, etc. Martial arts in Japan refer to the physical/mental practices that were developed based on historical combat techniques. Today, martial arts are considered activities that seek embodiment...
SSRN
December 7, 2020
Syed Sajid Husain Kazmi, Mohd Ali
preprint
The word "pandemic" has originated from Greek word "pandemos" herein "pan" means "all" and "demos" refers to the "people or population". Hence, a pandemic can also be referred to as an epidemic which has crossed the international borders and has affected nearly all the people in one way or another. The WHO has also simultaneously explained another term ‘epidemic’ ("epi" means "upon”), is the...
December 7, 2020
Henry Fu, Bernie Garrett, Gordon Tao et al.
BACKGROUND Mindfulness-based stress reduction has demonstrated some efficacy for chronic pain management. More recently, virtual reality (VR)–guided meditation has been used to assist mindfulness-based stress reduction. Although studies have also found electroencephalograph (EEG) changes in the brain during mindfulness meditation practices, such changes have not been demonstrated during...