Altered Responses of Cortisol, GH, TSH and Testosterone to Acute Stress after Four Months' Practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM)a

MacLean, C.; Walton, Kenneth G.; Wenneberg, Stig; Levitsky, Debra K.; Mandarino, J. V.; Waziri, Rafiq; Schneider, Robert

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb39261.x

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“…Meditation training is associated with greater PFC inhibition of the amygdala (Brefczynski-Lewis et al, 2007; Creswell et al, 2007; Farb et al, 2007; Goldin and Gross, 2010; Hölzel et al, 2010; Way et al, 2010), less emotional reactivity (Britton et al, in press) and decreased sympathetic hyperarousal (Sudsuang et al, 1991; MacLean et al, 1994; Carlson et al, 2007; Britton et al, 2010). …”

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Mindfulness Training Alters Emotional Memory Recall Compared to Active Controls: Support for an Emotional Information Processing Model of Mindfulness

Roberts-Wolfe¹,

Sacchet²,

Hastings³

et al. 2012

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Objectives: While mindfulness-based interventions have received widespread application in both clinical and non-clinical populations, the mechanism by which mindfulness meditation improves well-being remains elusive. One possibility is that mindfulness training alters the processing of emotional information, similar to prevailing cognitive models of depression and anxiety. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of mindfulness training on emotional information processing (i.e., memory) biases in relation to both clinical symptomatology and well-being in comparison to active control conditions. Methods: Fifty-eight university students (28 female, age = 20.1 ± 2.7 years) participated in either a 12-week course containing a “meditation laboratory” or an active control course with similar content or experiential practice laboratory format (music). Participants completed an emotional word recall task and self-report questionnaires of well-being and clinical symptoms before and after the 12-week course. Results: Meditators showed greater increases in positive word recall compared to controls [F(1, 56) = 6.6, p = 0.02]. The meditation group increased significantly more on measures of well-being [F(1, 56) = 6.6, p = 0.01], with a marginal decrease in depression and anxiety [F(1, 56) = 3.0, p = 0.09] compared to controls. Increased positive word recall was associated with increased psychological well-being (r = 0.31, p = 0.02) and decreased clinical symptoms (r = −0.29, p = 0.03). Conclusion: Mindfulness training was associated with greater improvements in processing efficiency for positively valenced stimuli than active control conditions. This change in emotional information processing was associated with improvements in psychological well-being and less depression and anxiety. These data suggest that mindfulness training may improve well-being via changes in emotional information processing. Future research with a fully randomized design will be needed to clarify the possible influence of self-selection.

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Mindfulness Training Alters Emotional Memory Recall Compared to Active Controls: Support for an Emotional Information Processing Model of Mindfulness

Roberts-Wolfe¹,

Sacchet²,

Hastings³

et al. 2012

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Other effects of meditation related more directly to stress and anxiety are reduced nervousness, worry and emotional discomfort, and increased muscular relaxation and emotional calm . It also diminishes cortisol levels (MacLean et al, 1994;Sudsuang, 1991) and blood lactate (Solberg, Halvorsen, & Holen, 2000), which, among others, are markers of stress and anxiety.…”

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Exploring the Effects of a Mindfulness Program for Students of Secondary School

Franco

Mañas

Cangas

et al. 2011

International Journal of Knowledge Society Research

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“…It has been suggested that TM practice facilitates maintenance of a more efficient style of functioning which conserves more energy during non-stressful periods to utilize for coping with stress [115]. In support of this, MacLean et al reported that TM practice develops a stronger, more adaptive autonomic response to the challenges of stressors, as indicated by improved heart rate, skin resistance, and cortisol responses [125,126].…”

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Clinical and Pre-clinical Applications of the Transcendental Meditation Program® in the Prevention and Treatment of Essential Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease in Youth and Adults

Barnes

Orme-Johnson²

2006

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Acute and chronic environmental and psychosocial stress contributes to the pathogenesis and progression of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Stress reduction via Transcendental Meditation (TM)® has been shown to lower blood pressure (BP) levels and reduce CVD risk in adults and adolescents. This article reviews recent findings indicating a beneficial BP-lowering impact of TM in hypertensive adults at rest and in pre-hypertensive adolescents at rest, during acute laboratory stress and during normal daily activity. These findings have important implications for inclusion of TM in efforts to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases and its clinical consequences.

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Altered Responses of Cortisol, GH, TSH and Testosterone to Acute Stress after Four Months' Practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM)a

Cited by 52 publications

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Mindfulness Training Alters Emotional Memory Recall Compared to Active Controls: Support for an Emotional Information Processing Model of Mindfulness

Mindfulness Training Alters Emotional Memory Recall Compared to Active Controls: Support for an Emotional Information Processing Model of Mindfulness

Exploring the Effects of a Mindfulness Program for Students of Secondary School

Clinical and Pre-clinical Applications of the Transcendental Meditation Program® in the Prevention and Treatment of Essential Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease in Youth and Adults

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Altered Responses of Cortisol, GH, TSH and Testosterone to Acute Stress after Four Months' Practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM)a

Cited by 52 publications

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Mindfulness Training Alters Emotional Memory Recall Compared to Active Controls: Support for an Emotional Information Processing Model of Mindfulness

Mindfulness Training Alters Emotional Memory Recall Compared to Active Controls: Support for an Emotional Information Processing Model of Mindfulness

Exploring the Effects of a Mindfulness Program for Students of Secondary School

Clinical and Pre-clinical Applications of the Transcendental Meditation Program&#174; in the Prevention and Treatment of Essential Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease in Youth and Adults

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