Differential engagement of anterior cingulate and adjacent medial frontal cortex in adept meditators and non-meditators

Hölzel, Britta K.; Ott, Ulrich; Hempel, Hannes; Hackl, Andrea; Wolf, Katharina; Stark, Rudolf; Vaitl, Dieter

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.074

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“…Further, the DMPFC was activated in self-experiential states such as affect labeling (Taylor et al, 2003;Creswell et al, 2007;Lieberman et al, 2007) and mindful self-awareness without any external stimulation (Herwig et al, 2010). Further, this cortical structure has been found to be thicker in meditators (Lazar et al, 2005) and to be active during meditation (Hölzel et al, 2007;Brewer et al, 2011;Ott et al, 2011). However in comparison with meditation novices, experienced meditators showed decreased DMPFC activations in a mindful state (Farb et al, 2007) or when viewing emotional pictures during meditation (Taylor et al, 2011).…”

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Mindfulness and emotion regulation—an fMRI study

Lutz

Herwig

Opialla

et al. 2013

Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci

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Mindfulness an attentive non-judgmental focus on present experiences is increasingly incorporated in psychotherapeutic treatments as a skill fostering emotion regulation. Neurobiological mechanisms of actively induced emotion regulation are associated with prefrontally mediated downregulation of, for instance, the amygdala. We were interested in neurobiological correlates of a short mindfulness instruction during emotional arousal. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we investigated effects of a short mindfulness intervention during the cued expectation and perception of negative and potentially negative pictures (50% probability) in 24 healthy individuals compared to 22 controls. The mindfulness intervention was associated with increased activations in prefrontal regions during the expectation of negative and potentially negative pictures compared to controls. During the perception of negative stimuli, reduced activation was identified in regions involved in emotion processing (amygdala, parahippocampal gyrus). Prefrontal and right insular activations when expecting negative pictures correlated negatively with trait mindfulness, suggesting that more mindful individuals required less regulatory resources to attenuate emotional arousal. Our findings suggest emotion regulatory effects of a short mindfulness intervention on a neurobiological level.

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Mindfulness and emotion regulation—an fMRI study

Lutz

Herwig

Opialla

et al. 2013

Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci

244

169

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“…We selected an audiobook as a control since it requires a comparable amount of attention and concentration to the meditation task, although the focus of attention in the two tasks was necessarily, and importantly, different. We decided that this better matched the meditation task in comparison with a mental arithmetic task (Hölzel et al, 2007) or no task at all. The audio recordings were presented using Beyerdynamic DT770 closed-back headphones.…”

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The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Time Perception

Kramer¹,

Ulrich²,

Sharma³

2013

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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Research has increasingly focussed on the benefits of meditation in everyday life and performance. Mindfulness in particular improves attention, working memory capacity, and reading comprehension. Given its emphasis on moment-to-moment awareness, we hypothesised that mindfulness meditation would alter time perception. Using a within-subjects design, participants carried out a temporal bisection task, where several probe durations are compared to "short" and "long" standards. Following this, participants either listened to an audiobook or a meditation that focussed on the movement of breath in the body. Finally, participants completed the temporal bisection task for a second time. The control group showed no change after the listening task. However, meditation led to a relative overestimation of durations. Within an internal clock framework, a change in attentional resources can produce longer perceived durations. This meditative effect has wider implications for the use of mindfulness as an everyday practice and a basis for clinical treatment.

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“…In order to achieve the benefits that mindfulness can offer, physicians must embrace the daily practice of being present. The daily institution of a relaxation technique such as yoga, meditation, or deep breathing can be transforming [4,7,8]. All of these are means of cultivating mindfulness and getting back to the now, which may help achieve peace and fulfillment -one patient, one operation, one relationship, one moment at a time.…”

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Your Best Life: Mindfulness - The End of Suffering

Kelly

2015

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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Differential engagement of anterior cingulate and adjacent medial frontal cortex in adept meditators and non-meditators

Cited by 445 publications

References 15 publications

Mindfulness and emotion regulation—an fMRI study

Mindfulness and emotion regulation—an fMRI study

The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Time Perception

Your Best Life: Mindfulness - The End of Suffering

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