Brain and Behavior
November 28, 2018
Alessandra Dodich, Maurizio Zollo, Chiara Crespi et al.
44 citations
INTRODUCTION: While cross-sectional studies have shown neural changes in long-term meditators, they might be confounded by self-selection and potential baseline differences between meditators and non meditators. Prospective longitudinal studies of the effects of meditation in naïve subjects are more conclusive with respect to causal inferences, but related evidence is so far limited. METHODS:...
F1000Research
November 27, 2018
Thilini Agampodi, Subhashini Katumuluwa, Thulani Pattiyakumbura et al.
Background: Though widely discussed, mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) to improve maternal mental health is limited by lack of studies with system incorporation. We evaluate the feasibility of incorporating a MBI program into routine antenatal care (ANC) in Sri Lanka. Methods: MBI included learning mindfulness concepts, practicing mindfulness sitting/reclining meditation, performing mindful...
Mindfulness
November 27, 2018
Çimen Ekici, Gülcan Garip, William van Gordon
33 citations
Research into the effects and mechanisms of mindfulness training draws predominantly on quantitative research. There is a lack of understanding about the subjective experiences of experienced mindfulness meditators, which may provide additional insights into the effects, processes and context of mindfulness training. This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of a novel group of...
Oxford Scholarship Online
November 22, 2018
Jaime Kucinskas
This chapter traces the process through which contemplatives transformed Buddhist meditation into many contemplative subcultures to resonate with specific professional audiences in science, business, education, and the military. Contemplatives translated meditation into local vernacular languages, eliminated religious elements unlikely to resonate with targeted audiences, and adapted...
International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis
November 21, 2018
K Kathirasan
2 citations
Mindfulness was originally introduced as a participatory medicine and complementary therapy in hospital settings in the late 1970s. Since then, countless research experiments on mindfulness interventions have shown positive results in the areas of physical and cognitive challenges with a strong impact on the latter. The connection between rehabilitation in the areas of addiction and mindfulness...
Anesthesiology and pain medicine
November 19, 2018
Sarah Namjoo, Mohammadreza Seirafi, Farhad Assarzadegan et al.
Background: Primary headaches are the most common cause of absence from work and school and one of the most common reasons for referring to the neurologists. Objectives: The present study was designed to investigate the relationship of cognitive processing style and mindfulness with pain intensity and the ultimate aim was to provide the role of pain-related cognitive processes and mindfulness...
Current Opinion in Psychology
November 19, 2018
Quinn A Conklin, Alexandra D Crosswell, Clifford D Saron et al.
Both theoretical and empirical work support the notion that meditation training can improve telomere regulation, which may ultimately contribute to healthy aging. Yet, the psychological and biological mechanisms underlying these changes remain underspecified, as do the contexts and boundary conditions in which these changes occur. Here we summarize studies investigating the effects of various...
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
November 16, 2018
Paul Knytl, Bertram Opitz
9 citations
Focused attention meditation (FAM) practices are cognitive control exercises where meditators learn to maintain focus and attention in the face of distracting stimuli. Previous studies have shown that FAM is both activating and causing plastic changes to the mesolimbic dopamine system and some of its target structures, particularly the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and striatum....
Religions
November 15, 2018
Manuel Lopez
In this article, I would like to reframe our understanding of the role played by doxographies or classification of views (Skt. siddhānta, Ch. panjiao 判教, Tib. grub mtha’) in the Buddhist tradition as it pertained to Tibetan attempts at defining and organizing the diversity of Buddhist contemplative practices that made their way into Tibet since the introduction of Buddhism to the Tibetan...
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
November 14, 2018
E. Donaldson-Feilder, Rachel Lewis, J. Yarker
ABSTRACT No systematic review had previously been conducted examining the benefits mindfulness or meditation interventions for leaders and managers. However, the literature suggested that such interventions would have a positive impact on leaders’ own well-being, their leadership capability, their “post-conventional” leadership capacity, and their direct reports. The purpose of this study was...