The impact of meditation on healthy ageing—the current state of knowledge and a roadmap to future directions

O Klimecki, NL Marchant, A Lutz, G Poisnel… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Meditation practice may promote healthy ageing and delay the onset of
dementia.•Expert meditators have more preserved brain structures than age-matched …

A review of the methodology, taxonomy, and definitions in recent fMRI research on meditation

M Engström, J Willander, R Simon - Mindfulness, 2022 - Springer
Objectives As meditation is increasingly employed for the promotion of good health, there is
a growing interest in using neuroimaging methods to investigate the neural mechanisms by …

Meta-analytic evidence that mindfulness training alters resting state default mode network connectivity

H Rahrig, DR Vago, MA Passarelli, A Auten… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This meta-analysis sought to expand upon neurobiological models of mindfulness through
investigation of inherent brain network connectivity outcomes, indexed via resting state …

Alterations in brain structure and amplitude of low-frequency after 8 weeks of mindfulness meditation training in meditation-naïve subjects

CC Yang, A Barrós-Loscertales, M Li, D Pinazo… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing neuroimaging evidence suggests that mindfulness meditation expertise is related
to different functional and structural configurations of the default mode network (DMN), the …

Effect of an 18-month meditation training on regional brain volume and perfusion in older adults: the age-well randomized clinical trial

G Chételat, A Lutz, O Klimecki, E Frison… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance No lifestyle-based randomized clinical trial directly targets psychoaffective risk
factors of dementia. Meditation practices recently emerged as a promising mental training …

The effect of mindfulness on the inflammatory, psychological and biomechanical domains of adult patients with low back pain: A randomized controlled clinical trial

GG Diez, E Anitua, N Castellanos, C Vázquez… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objective This study aims to study the effect of mindfulness-based program on the
psychological, biomechanical and inflammatory domains of patients with chronic low back …

Mindfulness instruction for HIV-infected youth: a randomized controlled trial

L Webb, C Perry-Parrish, J Ellen, E Sibinga - AIDS care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT HIV-infected youth experience many stressors, including stress related to their
illness, which can negatively impact their mental and physical health. Therefore, there is a …

State mindfulness and affective well-being in the daily lives of middle-aged and older adults.

L Mahlo, TD Windsor - Psychology and Aging, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Contemporary conceptualizations of mindfulness refer to paying attention to the present
moment with an open and nonjudgmental attitude. Empirical research is increasingly …

Default Mode Network, Meditation, and Age‐Associated Brain Changes: What Can We Learn from the Impact of Mental Training on Well‐Being as a …

R Ramírez-Barrantes, M Arancibia, J Stojanova… - Neural …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is a physiological process accompanied by cognitive decline, principally in memory
and executive functions. Alterations in the connectivity of the default mode network (DMN) …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal neural evidence on the corticostriatal underpinning of suicidality in late-life depression

R Shao, M Gao, C Lin, CM Huang, HL Liu… - Biological psychiatry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Suicidality involves thoughts (ideations and plans) and actions related to self-
inflicted death. To improve management and prevention of suicidality, it is essential to …