Zhuangfei Chen

2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2025-2026

Papers

Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Enhance Executive Function via Brief Mindfulness Training in Individuals with Internet Gaming Disorder.

PloS one January 1, 2025 Zhilin Chen, Jie Ge, Quan Gan et al. 2 citations

Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) involves uncontrolled gaming that harms emotional well-being, responsibilities, and relationships, and is linked to deficits in executive functions such as inhibition, updating, and shifting. Mindfulness interventions may improve these cognitive abilities. This planned study will recruit 82 individuals diagnosed with IGD and 40 non-addicted gamers, split evenly into a 7-day mindfulness breathing meditation group or a progressive muscle relaxation control group. Outcomes measured at seven time points include EEG data, behavioral response times and accuracy, heart rate variability, self-reported craving, mindfulness, executive function, and impulsivity. Secondary measures cover anxiety, stress, affect, sleep, personality, and health. The research aims to test whether brief mindfulness training improves executive function in IGD and to identify underlying neural mechanisms, potentially guiding targeted interventions.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320305 Full text Meditation Breathing exercises Relaxation Mindfulness training +15

Shared neural mechanisms of trait mindfulness and hypnotic susceptibility: A scoping review toward a unifying predictive coding framework.

Brain research bulletin September 1, 2026 Qiang Chen, Yating Zhang, Chenrui Liu et al.

Trait mindfulness and hypnosis susceptibility share neural mechanisms involving the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, enhanced theta and alpha EEG rhythms, and dynamic interactions between the salience and central executive networks, suggesting a role in attentional regulation. An integrative framework based on predictive coding for interoception proposes that trait mindfulness enhances perceptual inference and metacognitive awareness, whereas hypnosis susceptibility facilitates acceptance of high-precision prior cues (suggestions) and promotes active inference. This unified perspective may guide future research and clinical translation, such as anxiety interventions.

DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2026.112021 Full text Mindfulness Attention EEG Hypnosis susceptibility +4