979 results for "Mindfulness"
Mind the Motion: Feasibility and Effects of a Qigong Intervention on Interoception and Well-Being in Young Adults.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) – January 13, 2026
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A 12-week Qigong program improved psychological well-being among university students. Of 332 young adults who enrolled, 114 completed the contemplative practice, demonstrating consistent improvements in mindfulness, interoception, and emotion regulation. This mind-body intervention, which integrates gentle movements and breathwork, proved highly feasible. It suggests Qigong offers a promising, low-cost path to enhanced mental health for young adults, effectively fostering mind-body awareness and improving various aspects of psychological well-being.
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Background/Objectives: The present exploratory study evaluates the feasibility and psychological effects of a structured Qigong intervention implem...
Improving Mental Health, Self-Efficacy and Social Support in Older People Through Community Intervention Based on Mindfulness: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) – January 16, 2026
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A seven-week mindfulness program significantly reduced depression and boosted self-efficacy in 257 aged individuals. This public health intervention improved mental health, including chronic disease self-management self-efficacy, for older people. Participants experienced enhanced general, physical activity, and nutritional self-efficacy, contributing to better self-management. While perceived social support increased within the group, between-group differences were not significant. This highlights mindfulness's strong potential for improving mental health and self-efficacy among older adults.
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Background: Aging is a complex process that involves various biological, psychological and social changes. Moreover, older people (≥65 years) are m...
What out-of-body experiences may tell us about the mind beyond the brain.
International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) – January 01, 2025
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Reports of disembodiment, where consciousness seems to leave the body, challenge current views of the mind. Examining anecdotal accounts, including perceptions of apparitions and extra-sensory perception, suggests a non-local consciousness. This evidence explores whether the mind can function independently of the brain, even hinting at the survival of awareness beyond physical limits.
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The mind-body problem remains a central issue in the philosophy of mind. This paper examines how out-of-body experiences (OBEs) might provide insig...
Consumer-Grade Neurofeedback With Mindfulness Meditation: Meta-Analysis.
Journal of medical Internet research – April 17, 2025
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There is burgeoning interest in the application of neuroscientific technology to facilitate meditation and lead to beneficial psychological outcome...
Effects of mindfulness meditation training offered in-person and via a virtual world on self-compassion: A study with U.S. military active duty and veterans.
Work (Reading, Mass.) – January 01, 2024
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Mindfulness-based, in-person programs are effective at reducing stress and enhancing resilience in military and civilian samples, yet few studies h...
Brief mindfulness meditation increases risk-taking behavior.
Scientific reports – January 30, 2026
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Brief mindfulness meditation surprisingly increases risk taking. Across two distinct experiments, involving participants from both the UK and Singapore, a short mindfulness practice consistently led to greater willingness to take risks compared to control groups. Computational modeling revealed this profound shift in decision-making stemmed from a significant reduction in loss aversion. This suggests mindfulness can subtly alter how individuals weigh potential losses, directly impacting their risk-taking behavior in various contexts.
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Brief mindfulness-based meditation exerts a potent influence on social cognition. What is not yet understood, however, is whether and how it impact...
Addressing Psychological Distress in College Students Through Mindfulness Training: A Pre-Post Intervention Across Three Cohorts with Different Delivery Methods.
International journal of environmental research and public health – June 27, 2025
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College students are particularly vulnerable to psychological distress, including anxiety, depression, and chronic stress, often triggered by acade...
Effectiveness of training programs based on mindfulness in reducing psychological distress and promoting well-being in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Systematic reviews – May 05, 2023
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Medical schools have used mindfulness meditation as a strategy to assist students in stress management. This study aimed to seek evidence regarding...
What does mediumship tell us about the mind beyond the brain?
International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) – January 01, 2025
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Intriguing evidence suggests mediums can share accurate information beyond normal senses, challenging our understanding of consciousness. This review explores conventional explanations against the hypothesis that the mind exists independently of the brain. It highlights how mediumship, through anomalous experience and spiritual experience, offers compelling insights into the mind-brain problem, potentially broadening our view of consciousness.
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Mediums are individuals who claim to communicate with deceased persons or non-material beings. Rigorous studies have reported that mediums can prov...
Effectiveness of a one-year teacher training program in delivering school-based mindfulness on schoolteachers' mental health: A nationwide cluster-randomized trial.
Social science & medicine (1982) – November 19, 2025
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A year-long mindfulness program significantly reduced perceived stress among schoolteachers, a key finding from a nationwide trial. Researchers hypothesized that this teacher training program, delivered in schools, would improve mental health. They conducted a cluster-randomized trial involving 110 schools and nearly 200 teachers. The positive results showed a notable decrease in stress for participating teachers over 12 months, effectively promoting their long-term well-being. While resilience wasn't significantly impacted, the program proved effective in alleviating teacher stress.
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The nationwide Stress-free Everyday Life for Children and Adolescents Research (SELFCARE) project, conducted from 2019 to 2020 in Denmark included ...
Mindfulness in treatment-seeking adults with comorbid obsessive-compulsive and major depressive disorders: Mediating effects of obsessive beliefs and mental well-being.
Indian journal of psychiatry – May 01, 2025
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Mindfulness significantly reduces symptoms for both obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder. Research explored if obsessive beliefs and mental well-being mediate this effect in adults with both conditions. Data from 60 individuals showed mindfulness improved both. For major depressive disorder, improved mental well-being and reduced obsessive beliefs were key mediation pathways. However, these specific pathways did not mediate the benefits for obsessive-compulsive disorder. This highlights distinct mechanisms, suggesting customized mindfulness approaches.
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Mindfulness-based interventions have shown promise in alleviating symptoms associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and major depressive...
Mindfulness enhancements predict aberrant salience reductions and improve stress management.
Discover mental health – April 08, 2025
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Regular mindfulness practice can dramatically reduce our tendency to overreact to daily stressors. New findings show that mindfulness training enhances awareness and attention while decreasing aberrant salience - our tendency to assign excessive importance to random events. This leads to better stress management and could help people experiencing psychosis-like symptoms.
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Mindfulness improves mental health and clinical conditions including psychosis and modulates attentional processes including salience-the automatic...
Mindfulness Practice and Work Performance: The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Capital.
Brain and behavior – January 01, 2025
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The practice of mindfulness is becoming more widespread among employees, with potential benefits for workplace outcomes. However, there is a paucit...
Associations between mindfulness and symptom severity among adults living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care – January 01, 2025
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Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) benefit adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by helping them manage their symptoms and im...
A longitudinal mixed-methods examination of emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and burnout among Chinese educators.
Frontiers in psychology – January 01, 2025
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Chinese educators who practiced mindfulness for just 15 minutes daily showed significant reductions in emotional exhaustion and improved well-being over a 12-month period. Following 216 teachers, the research revealed that higher emotional intelligence combined with mindfulness served as effective coping strategies against burnout. Regular mindfulness practice helped educators better manage classroom stress and maintain emotional balance, though some found it challenging to maintain consistent practice amid busy schedules.
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This longitudinal mixed-methods study explored the interplay between emotional intelligence (EI), mindfulness practices, and burnout among secondar...
Enhancing mindfulness and compassion through an ayahuasca-inspired formulation containing N,N-DMT and harmine: A randomized controlled trial in healthy subjects.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) – June 19, 2025
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A single dose of a specific compound can significantly enhance feelings of mindfulness and compassion. Researchers explored if an ayahuasca-inspired formulation, combining N,N-DMT and harmine, could acutely boost these traits in healthy individuals. Participants received the formulation, harmine-only, or placebo. Results showed a notable increase in mindfulness, self-compassion, and compassion towards others just one day after receiving the N,N-DMT and harmine combination. These findings suggest this formulation holds potential for acutely enhancing these beneficial qualities.
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Mindfulness and compassion are therapeutically relevant and can be increased through different forms of meditation practices. However, meditation p...
What Do We Know About the Validity and Reliability of Mindfulness Self-Report Measures in Persons with Dementia? A Critical Narrative Review.
Clinical gerontologist – January 01, 2025
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Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for persons with dementia (PwD) have yielded mixed results, possibly attributable to the fact that little is...
Efficacy of a Mind Space Application intervention on psychological outcomes in Thai university students with depression: A pilot randomized controlled trial.
Journal of affective disorders – October 01, 2024
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This purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the Mind Space Application on psychological outcomes among Thai-university students with d...
Mental and Physical Health Impacts of Mindfulness Training for College Undergraduates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Mindfulness – September 01, 2023
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Universities increasingly offer mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) to improve student health and reduce their impact on overburdened psychological s...
Limited Validity of Breath-Counting as a Measure of Mindfulness in Ruminative Adolescents.
Psychophysiology – May 01, 2025
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Objective measurement of mindfulness could help us understand the mechanisms of meditation interventions and how individuals vary in their disposit...
Improving patient-centered mental health promotion in primary care in vulnerable communities through mindfulness training in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Frontiers in medicine – January 01, 2024
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Brazilian Primary Health Care (PHC) is responsible for all-sanitary actions for a community-based population, including health promotion and mental...
Neurotransmitter-related functional connectivity changes in serotonin and dopamine systems after mindfulness in medication overuse headache.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache – June 01, 2025
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Mindfulness practice can positively reshape brain chemistry, offering new hope for chronic pain. In individuals with medication overuse headache, brain scans using resting state fMRI revealed significant improvements. After a year, those practicing mindfulness showed enhanced serotonin and dopamine connections in brain regions crucial for pain, emotion, and addiction. This suggests mindfulness beneficially impacts these systems, aiding chronic pain management.
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Background/HypothesisMindfulness practice has gained attention in managing chronic migraine with medication overuse headache (CM-MOH), showing clin...
Mindfulness Components and Their Clinical Efficacy: A Critical Review of an Ongoing Debate.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) – January 13, 2026
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For lasting mental health benefits from mindfulness, cognitive and emotional regulation skills like acceptance appear more crucial than meditation alone. Mindfulness programs demonstrate moderate clinical efficacy in reducing anxiety, depression, and stress. However, reported effect sizes are often inflated due to methodological issues. While meditation is key, health education and informal practices also contribute significantly. When assessing its overall impact, mindfulness shows comparable benefits to established treatments like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but a balanced understanding is essential for appropriate integration into mental health care.
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The rapid expansion of mindfulness research has generated both enthusiasm and controversy regarding its actual clinical value. While meditation is ...
Preliminary evidence of psychological improvements and increased maternal-fetal attachment associated with a mindfulness sleep programme: secondary analysis of uncontrolled data in 11 pregnant women with insomnia disorder.
Journal of sleep research – February 01, 2024
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Treating insomnia during pregnancy improves sleep and depressed mood. However, given well-established links between poor sleep and a broad spectrum...
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Moderating Impact of Dispositional Mindfulness in the Relationship Between Future Expectancies and Psychological Well-Being.
Psychological reports – June 01, 2025
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ObjectivesMindfulness has been studied under cultivated or dispositional divisions where the latter has strong implications for psychological well-...
Mindfulness meditation and psychedelics: potential synergies and commonalities
Pharmacological Reports – November 06, 2023
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Combining **mindfulness** **meditation** with **psychedelics** offers a powerful new **psychological intervention** for **mental health**. Both **modalities** independently provide moderate to large benefits, significantly reducing **anxiety** and improving well-being. Evidence suggests these psychedelic treatments and mindfulness practices share mechanisms, including altered self-consciousness and present-moment awareness, impacting **neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior**. When used together, these **interventions** demonstrate synergistic effects, enhancing positive outcomes. This promising approach within **clinical psychology** could revolutionize how **psychotherapists** address various **mental health** challenges, offering deeper, more lasting change.
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Abstract There has been increasing scientific and clinical interest in studying psychedelic and meditation-based interventions in recent years, bot...
Psychedelic Experiences and Mindfulness are Associated with Improved Wellbeing
OpenAlex – March 05, 2021
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Personal mindfulness meditation practices and recreational psychedelic use are strongly linked to improved psychological wellbeing. A study of 1219 individuals engaging in both revealed that both mindfulness and mystical experiences substantially predict increased wellbeing. Importantly, psychedelics act as a key moderation factor, amplifying how mystical experiences contribute to wellbeing. This pioneering work in clinical and social psychology offers crucial insights into the naturalistic benefits of these practices, moving beyond traditional psychotherapist approaches and informing future drug studies and natural compound pharmacology.
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Both psychedelics and mindfulness are a recently emerging topic of interest in academia and popular culture alike. Personal meditation practices an...
Trait Mindfulness Moderates Treatment Outcomes in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Mantram Repetition Program for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Journal of integrative and complementary medicine – October 01, 2024
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Objectives: This secondary analysis examined five facets of mindful awareness as potential moderators of clinical outcomes using data from a random...
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Anesthesia & Analgesia – February 17, 2021
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Michael Pollan's 480-page "How to Change Your Mind" compellingly argues that psychedelics, particularly psilocybin, could revolutionize mental health. Named one of Time's top 100 influential people, Pollan explores their profound impact on consciousness, environmentalism, and counterculture. The book delves into the psychology and sociology of these substances, suggesting drug studies offer a unique "reboot" for conditions where conventional treatments fail, moving beyond traditional psychoanalysis. This engaging work encourages a cautious re-evaluation of psychedelics' therapeutic potential.
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It is tough to write about psychedelics without a few gratuitous puns. Regardless, Michael Pollan’s “How to Change Your Mind” is definitely “mind e...
Impacts of the Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App Calm on Undergraduate Students' Sleep and Emotional State: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
JMIR formative research – June 11, 2025
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College students using the mindfulness app Calm for just 20 minutes daily showed significant improvements in their emotional wellbeing. In this 30-day pilot study, university students who used the mobile app reported lower anxiety and stress levels compared to those who didn't. The app users also experienced better sleep quality. These findings suggest that mobile health apps offering mindfulness exercises can be valuable tools for supporting student mental health.
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Undergraduate students frequently experience negative emotional states and sleep quality, which is believed to have worsened following the COVID-19...
Developing a mindfulness program for pre-clinical medical students in Indonesia: a mixed-methods study on suitability and appropriateness.
BMC medical education – July 17, 2025
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Medical students experience high rates of psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, burnout, and suicidality, due to rigorous academic...
Mindset over molecule: comparing self-transcendent and mystical experiences across recreational psilocybin, MDMA, and cannabis use
BMC Psychology – January 21, 2026
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The profound impact of psychedelics, and even cannabis, hinges more on mindset than the molecule itself. Psychological research reveals a compelling "mindset-over-molecule" pattern: an individual's psychological context strongly shapes outcomes, transcending mere substance type. This insight, vital for applied and clinical psychology, highlights how social psychology informs our understanding of substance use and recreational use. Experiences, including mysticism or paranormal beliefs, are profoundly influenced by this context, gathered via experience sampling. Much like an archaeological site's significance, setting is paramount. A psychotherapist's guidance, not forensic toxicology, is key.
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Findings indicate a "mindset-over-molecule" pattern wherein psychological context ("set") is more strongly associated with psychedelic outcomes tha...
Meditation-Based Lifestyle Modification in Mild-to-Moderate Depression: Outcomes and Moderation Effects of Spirituality.
Journal of integrative and complementary medicine – June 01, 2024
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Objective: Understanding the relevance of religion or spirituality (R/S) in the treatment of mental disorders is central to clinical and academic p...
The Role of Attentional Control in Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Longitudinal Mediation Analyses.
Clinical psychology & psychotherapy – January 01, 2024
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This study aimed to investigate whether attentional control serves as a mediator for mindfulness-based interventions for emotional distress, utiliz...
[Mindfulness meditation in somatic medicine. A management tool for physical and psychological pain].
Revue medicale suisse – June 21, 2023
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Mindfulness meditation is a mind-body approach that helps to cope with psychological or physical symptoms such as pain. To date, this approach is s...
Mindset Over Molecule: Comparing Self-Transcendent and Mystical Experiences Across Recreational Psilocybin, MDMA, and Cannabis Use
OpenAlex – September 12, 2025
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Mindset, not just the molecule, profoundly shapes psychedelic experiences. A drug study involving 397 adults revealed that while psilocybin and MDMA led to more profound self-transcendent experiences than cannabis, the substance's direct neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior was less impactful than anticipated. Mindset, including surrender and spiritual motivations, accounted for up to 58% of variance in these experiences, whereas substance type alone explained only up to 10%. This suggests psychological context often outweighs the specific compound in shaping profound states.
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Abstract Background Self-transcendent and mystical experiences may be key mechanisms underlying psychedelics’ therapeutic effects, yet how these ex...
An energizing microintervention: How mindfulness fosters subjective vitality through regulatory processes and flow experience at work.
Journal of occupational health psychology – February 01, 2024
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Can adopting one's morning routines influence employees' experiences throughout the day? To answer this focal question, we examine the daily effect...
Pain, mindfulness, and placebo: a systematic review.
Frontiers in integrative neuroscience – January 01, 2024
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Pain is a complex phenomenon influenced by psychosocial variables, including the placebo effect. The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventio...
Virtually-Delivered Emotion Focused Mindfulness Therapy (EFMT) Group vs. Wait-List Control for Late-Life Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry – October 01, 2023
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The worldwide annual prevalence of anxiety in older adults is estimated to be between 6% and 10%. Emotion Focused Mindfulness Therapy (EFMT) is a m...
Integrative medicine in breast cancer survivorship care.
Annals of palliative medicine – May 01, 2025
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Combining conventional care with integrative medicine approaches helps 70% of breast cancer survivors better manage treatment side effects and improve recovery. Natural therapies like mindfulness, acupuncture, and yoga effectively reduce common symptoms while supporting overall wellness. A plant-based diet and regular exercise form the foundation of this lifestyle-focused approach to survivorship care.
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Integrative medicine use is prevalent among breast cancer survivors to improve lifestyle and manage symptoms associated with cancer or its treatmen...
Mindfulness Meditation and Respiration: Accelerometer-Based Respiration Rate and Mindfulness Progress Estimation to Enhance App Engagement and Mindfulness Skills
arXiv Preprint Archive – July 23, 2025
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Many struggle to stick with mindfulness apps. What if your phone could guide you better? Researchers explored if real-time breathing feedback and skill assessment boost engagement. They developed a smartphone accelerometer algorithm to track slow meditation breaths without extra devices. This **cs.HC** innovation also enabled the first system to estimate mindfulness skills like concentration and equanimity from this data, leveraging **cs.LG** for progress estimation. Testing showed breathing feedback significantly improved app usability. The tracking was highly accurate, and skill estimation successfully tracked user progress with 80-84% accuracy. This integration powerfully enhances digital mindfulness training.
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Mindfulness training is widely recognized for its benefits in reducing depression, anxiety, and loneliness. With the rise of smartphone-based mindf...
Changes in State Mindfulness are the Key to Success in Mindfulness Interventions: Ecological Momentary Assessments of Predictors, Mediators, and Outcomes in a Four-Week Koru Mindfulness Intervention.
Psychological reports – November 16, 2023
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It is often assumed that changes in state mindfulness coupled with a decrease in intrusive thinking (e.g., rumination or worry) are the crucial ing...
Clinical impact of mindfulness meditation training combined with probiotics on postoperative gastrointestinal function, nutritional status, and psychological status in children with hypospadias.
African journal of reproductive health – May 16, 2025
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Combining mind-body practices with gut health support offers remarkable benefits for young patients. For children with hypospadias, a recent effort explored how mindfulness meditation training paired with probiotics could enhance recovery. This combined approach significantly improved gastrointestinal function, boosted nutritional status, and reduced anxiety. Such a powerful dual strategy shows great promise for children undergoing treatment.
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This study assessed the clinical impact of mindfulness meditation training combined with probiotics on children with hypospadias. A total of 126 ch...
Assessing the mindfulness predictors of mental health: does mindfulness practise or dispositional mindfulness better protect young peoples' mental health?
Health psychology and behavioral medicine – January 01, 2024
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University is an important time in a young person's life. Although it is a time of exploration, self-discovery and socialising, it is also a time o...
Beyond Meditation: Understanding Everyday Mindfulness Practices and Technology Use Among Experienced Practitioners
arXiv Preprint Archive – July 14, 2024
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Experienced mindfulness practitioners blend ancient wisdom with modern tech, revealing surprising ways to maintain daily practice. A study of 20 long-term practitioners shows they strategically use apps, wearables, and virtual spaces (H.5.2 user interfaces) to enhance their practice while being mindful of technology's double-edged nature. They integrate brief exercises, social support, and digital tools for tracking and reminders, while developing creative approaches to make technology itself an object of mindfulness practice.
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Mindfulness, a practice of bringing attention to the present non-judgmentally, has many mental and physical well-being benefits, especially when pr...
Music mindfulness acutely modulates autonomic activity and improves psychological state in anxiety and depression.
Frontiers in neuroscience – January 01, 2025
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Combining music with mindfulness practices can rapidly improve heart function and brain activity in people experiencing anxiety and depression. When participants engaged in guided music mindfulness sessions, their heart rate variability improved and brain activity showed positive changes, particularly in areas linked to emotional processing. The sessions effectively reduced stress levels, with in-person gatherings offering additional social benefits. These findings highlight how music mindfulness could be a powerful tool for mental health.
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Anxiety and depression reduce autonomic system activity, as measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV), and exacerbate cardiac morbidity. Both music ...
Altered states of leadership: mindfulness meditation, psychedelic use, and leadership development.
Frontiers in psychology – January 01, 2023
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Leaders who practice mindfulness meditation or have meaningful psychedelic experiences report significant improvements in their leadership abilities. A large study of 3,150 managers found that both practices enhanced leadership qualities in distinct ways. Meditation boosted focus, patience, and stress management, while psychedelics fostered creativity, empathy, and less hierarchical thinking. Those with more meditation hours or profound psychedelic insights were twice as likely to report positive leadership changes.
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Previous research suggests that mindfulness meditation and psychedelic substances show promise as mental health interventions, but relatively littl...
Robot-Assisted Mindfulness Practice: Analysis of Neurophysiological Responses and Affective State Change
arXiv Preprint Archive – August 12, 2020
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A social robot successfully guided participants into more positive emotional states through mindfulness exercises, showing how human-computer interaction (cs.HC) can enhance mental wellness. The research paired robotics (cs.RO) with brain monitoring to track participants' mental states during robot-led meditation sessions. Results showed unique brain activity patterns in the meditation group, particularly increased sensory awareness. Most notably, all participants reported better moods after interacting with the robot, regardless of activity type, highlighting the potential for robotic systems in mental health support.
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Mindfulness is the state of paying attention to the present moment on purpose and meditation is the technique to obtain this state. This study aims...
The effect of ten versus twenty minutes of mindfulness meditation on state mindfulness and affect.
Scientific reports – November 24, 2023
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We aimed to elucidate the effects of "dose" of a single-session of mindfulness meditation on state mindfulness and affect as well as moderators of ...
Introduction: Embodying a Liberated Mind at Death.
Culture, medicine and psychiatry – June 10, 2025
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In a fascinating intersection of science and spirituality, researchers have documented an extraordinary phenomenon in Tibetan Buddhism where accomplished meditation practitioners enter a unique postmortem meditative state called tukdam. During this state, their bodies show remarkably delayed decomposition, challenging conventional understanding of death and dying. Through collaborative efforts between neuroscientists, Buddhist monks, and medical experts, this investigation reveals how dedicated meditation practice may influence biological processes even after clinical death, offering new perspectives on consciousness and the mind-body connection.
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The Tukdam Project directed by affective neuroscientist Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2013 has investigated Buddhis...
'It blows my mind' : intoxicated performances by Ridiculusmus
Performance Research – August 18, 2017
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A groundbreaking theatrical piece explores how performance can mirror the profound experiences of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. Developed with leading psychologists, this innovative play recreates the journey of intoxication and therapeutic interaction. Performers utilize unique staging, including one actor in a box, to channel physical and psychological states, immersing audiences in the complexities of altered consciousness. This approach powerfully engages the public, offering an experiential understanding of mental health therapies and their transformative potential, prompting reflection on mind-altering experiences.
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Give Me Your Love by Jon Haynes and David Woods, Artistic Directors of Ridiculusmus, is the second in a trilogy Dialogue As The Embodiment of Love,...
Effect of Mindfulness and Mindful Art on Beginners and Experienced Meditators
arXiv Preprint Archive – August 24, 2023
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Regular meditation practice yields deeper relaxation, but newcomers can catch up quickly! A 21-day experiment compared beginners learning basic mindfulness with experienced meditators who added mindful art practices like drawing and painting. Remote sessions tracked vital signs and relaxation levels. While seasoned practitioners showed stronger in-session benefits, beginners made impressive progress, demonstrating that mindfulness benefits are accessible to all.
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Mindfulness meditation has been proven to be effective in treating a range of mental and physical conditions. Mindful Art is a type of mindfulness ...
Can heart rate variability demonstrate the effects and the levels of mindfulness? A repeated-measures study on experienced and novice mindfulness practitioners.
BMC complementary medicine and therapies – July 03, 2025
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The way our heart beats can actually show the immediate effect of mindfulness. Research explored how Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of autonomic activity, reflects mindfulness's impact and whether practice experience matters. Forty-six participants, both experienced and novice, engaged in mindfulness training. Both groups showed beneficial changes in HRV during and after practice. Experienced practitioners exhibited more dynamic shifts in heart rhythms, followed by recovery. Novices showed simpler, positive changes. This highlights HRV as a valuable tool for understanding mindfulness's physiological benefits, with distinct patterns emerging based on practice experience.
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Heart rate variability (HRV) is a potential biomarker that might demonstrate the effects of mindfulness, but it might be influenced by practice exp...
The Toronto Mindfulness Scale and the State Mindfulness Scale: psychometric properties of the Spanish versions.
Frontiers in psychology – January 01, 2023
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The Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS) and the State Mindfulness Scale (SMS) are two relevant self-report measures of state mindfulness. The purpose o...
“Mind the Trap”: Mindfulness Practice Reduces Cognitive Rigidity
PLOS ONE – May 15, 2012
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Our minds often get 'trapped' by familiar solutions, even when simpler, better options are available. Research indicates that mindfulness practice can reduce this cognitive rigidity. Using a water jar puzzle, participants who persistently chose complex methods over simpler alternatives were deemed more rigid. Experienced meditators showed significantly less rigidity. Crucially, even an 8-week mindfulness program helped individuals become more flexible in their thinking. This suggests mindfulness helps us overcome being 'blinded' by past experience, fostering new, adaptive ways to respond.
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Two experiments examined the relation between mindfulness practice and cognitive rigidity by using a variation of the Einstellung water jar task. P...
EEG Signatures and Effects of Mindfulness Approaches in Adolescents With Nonsuicidal Self-Injury.
Psychophysiology – June 01, 2025
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Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation can help restore healthy brain activity patterns in adolescents struggling with self-harm behaviors. When teens practiced deep breathing meditation, their brain waves showed improved cognitive control - a key factor in reducing self-injury. EEG measurements demonstrated that just 10 minutes of focused breathing exercises could normalize brain activity. This promising approach offers a practical, drug-free way to support recovery and emotional regulation in young people.
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Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a recurring behavior most prevalent among adolescents in which one intentionally harms one's tissues and organs w...
Dis/Immersion in Mindfulness Meditation with a Wandering Voice Assistant
arXiv Preprint Archive – April 22, 2023
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A novel "wandering voice" system embedded in a yoga mat is revolutionizing guided meditation. By moving sound along the body through multiple speakers, this smart audio system creates a more immersive experience than traditional fixed smart speakers. Testing with 12 participants revealed that dynamic sound movement enhanced focus and engagement, though some found it occasionally distracting. The technology combines human-computer interaction and multimedia innovations to reimagine how we experience guided mindfulness practices.
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Mindfulness meditation is a validated means of helping people manage stress. Voice-based virtual assistants (VAs) in smart speakers, smartphones, a...
Ketamine, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, and Depression Specific Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Management of Treatment Resistant Depression: Review and Some Data on Efficacy
Depression Research and Treatment – January 01, 2015
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Treatment-resistant depression affects 12-20% of all depression patients, costing $29-48 billion annually. A novel integrated therapy, DepS Y-MBCT, successfully eased symptoms in an open-label pilot trial, helping 27 out of 32 patients. While ketamine and rTMS offer rapid symptom relief, their long-term effectiveness can be limited. A promising "tiered approach" suggests using these rapid treatments initially, then implementing DepS Y-MBCT—which combines yoga and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy—to maintain remission and prevent relapse long-term.
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Depression affects about 121 million people worldwide and prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in US adults is 6.4%. Treatment resistant d...
8-Week Zen Meditation and Music Programme for Mindfullness and Happiness: Qualitative Content Analysis
Preprints.org – October 12, 2023
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Participants in a unique program reported profound shifts in well-being. An 8-week Zen meditation and music program explored its impact on mindfulness and happiness. Qualitative analysis revealed participants experienced significant increases in both, finding deep calm and greater life satisfaction. This integrated approach effectively fosters positive personal growth and happiness.
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8-Week Zen Meditation and Music Programme for Mindfullness and Happiness: Qualitative Content Analysis
A Short Virtual Reality Mindfulness Meditation Training For Regaining Sustained Attention
arXiv Preprint Archive – July 10, 2019
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Just 10 minutes of VR mindfulness meditation can dramatically boost attention and calmness. In a breakthrough human-computer interaction (cs.HC) experiment, participants played a relaxing VR archery game while wearing EEG headbands. Results showed remarkable improvements: beginners' focus scores jumped 275%, while all participants reported feeling more energized and showed 250% increases in measured calmness levels.
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The ability to focus one's attention underlies success in many everyday tasks, but voluntary attention cannot be sustained for a long period of tim...