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The Neuroscience of Mindfulness

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2019) | Viewed by 789394

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Ulrich Kirk

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Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Interests: neuroplasticity; neuroeconomics; mindfulness; binaural beats

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the global rise in stress and stress-related disease, there is a pressing need to understand the mechanism of behavioural interventions such as mindfulness that might ameliorate stress and maintain wellbeing. There is growing research demonstrating that mindfulness and other behavioural interventions (e.g., binaural beats) have an effect on the brain and main cognitive health.

The Special issue will feature a selection of research articles demonstrating the working mechanism and/or behavioural effects that mindfulness and related behavioural interventions exert on brain and behaviour. Contributions are encouraged that provide a bridge between brain function and cognitive ability in both health and disease.

Dr. Ulrich Kirk
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • mindfulness
  • decision neuroscience
  • neuroplasticity
  • behavioural interventions
  • binaural beats

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On Variation in Mindfulness Training: A Multimodal Study of Brief Open Monitoring Meditation on Error Monitoring
by Yanli Lin, William D. Eckerle, Ling W. Peng and Jason S. Moser
Brain Sci. 2019, 9(9), 226; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9090226 - 6 Sep 2019
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A nascent line of research aimed at elucidating the neurocognitive mechanisms of mindfulness has consistently identified a relationship between mindfulness and error monitoring. However, the exact nature of this relationship is unclear, with studies reporting divergent outcomes. The current study sought to clarify [...] Read more.
A nascent line of research aimed at elucidating the neurocognitive mechanisms of mindfulness has consistently identified a relationship between mindfulness and error monitoring. However, the exact nature of this relationship is unclear, with studies reporting divergent outcomes. The current study sought to clarify the ambiguity by addressing issues related to construct heterogeneity and technical variation in mindfulness training. Specifically, we examined the effects of a brief open monitoring (OM) meditation on neural (error-related negativity (ERN) and error positivity (Pe)) and behavioral indices of error monitoring in one of the largest novice non-meditating samples to date (N = 212). Results revealed that the OM meditation enhanced Pe amplitude relative to active controls but did not modulate the ERN or behavioral performance. Moreover, exploratory analyses yielded no relationships between trait mindfulness and the ERN or Pe across either group. Broadly, our findings suggest that technical variation in scope and object of awareness during mindfulness training may differentially modulate the ERN and Pe. Conceptual and methodological implications pertaining to the operationalization of mindfulness and its training are discussed. Full article
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Mindfulness and Other Simple Neuroscience-Based Proposals to Promote the Learning Performance and Mental Health of Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Gonzalo R. Tortella, Amedea B. Seabra, Jorge Padrão and Rodrigo Díaz-San Juan
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(5), 552; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050552 - 27 Apr 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on education. The restrictions imposed have undoubtedly led to impairment of the psychological well-being of both teachers and students, and of the way they experience interpersonal relationships. As reported previously in the literature, adverse effects [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on education. The restrictions imposed have undoubtedly led to impairment of the psychological well-being of both teachers and students, and of the way they experience interpersonal relationships. As reported previously in the literature, adverse effects such as loneliness, anxiety, and stress have resulted in a decrease in the cognitive performance of school and higher education students. Therefore, the objective of this work is to present a general overview of the reported adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic which may potentially influence the learning performance of students. Some neuroscientific findings related to memory and cognition, such as neuroplasticity and long-term potentiation, are also shown. We also discuss the positive effects of the practice of mindfulness, as well as other simple recommendations based on neuroscientific findings such as restful sleep, physical activity, and nutrition, which can act on memory and cognition. Finally, we propose some practical recommendations on how to achieve more effective student learning in the context of the pandemic. The aim of this review is to provide some assistance in this changing and uncertain situation in which we all find ourselves, and we hope that some of the information could serve as a starting point for hypotheses to be tested in educational research and their association with neuroscience. Full article
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A Brief Review of the EEG Literature on Mindfulness and Fear Extinction and its Potential Implications for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS)
by Auretta S. Kummar, Helen Correia and Hakuei Fujiyama
Brain Sci. 2019, 9(10), 258; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9100258 - 27 Sep 2019
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Neuroimaging studies in the area of mindfulness research have provided preliminary support for the idea of fear extinction as a plausible underlying mechanism through which mindfulness exerts its positive benefits. Whilst brain regions identified in the fear extinction network are typically found at [...] Read more.
Neuroimaging studies in the area of mindfulness research have provided preliminary support for the idea of fear extinction as a plausible underlying mechanism through which mindfulness exerts its positive benefits. Whilst brain regions identified in the fear extinction network are typically found at a subcortical level, studies have also demonstrated the feasibility of cortical measures of the brain, such as electroencephalogram (EEG), in implying subcortical activations of the fear extinction network. Such EEG studies have also found evidence of a relationship between brain reactivity to unpleasant stimuli (i.e., fear extinction) and severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Therefore, the present paper seeks to briefly review the parallel findings between the neurophysiological literature of mindfulness and fear extinction (particularly that yielded by EEG measures), and discusses the implications of this for fear-based psychopathologies, such as trauma, and finally presents suggestions for future studies. This paper also discusses the clinical value in integrating EEG in psychological treatment for trauma, as it holds the unique potential to detect neuromarkers, which may enable earlier diagnoses, and can also provide neurofeedback over the course of treatment. Full article
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