Electrophysiological effects of mindfulness meditation in a concentration test

Effects of a Virtual Reality-Based Meditation Intervention on Anxiety and Depression Among Patients With Acute Leukemia During Induction Chemotherapy

“…The positive effects of VR-based intervention on reducing anxiety were also reported by previous studies 40 . Meditation, aiming to guide participants in focusing on the present without judgment, improves the participants’ ability to regulate emotion and slows down their heart-rate activation from the sympathetic nervous system 41 . Cultivating mindful awareness could assist patients in protecting themselves by avoiding unbearable internal conflict or overwhelming emotions 42 .…”

“…40 Meditation, aiming to guide participants in focusing on the present without judgment, improves the participants' ability to regulate emotion and slows down their heart-rate activation from the sympathetic nervous system. 41 Cultivating mindful awareness could assist patients in protecting themselves by avoiding unbearable internal conflict or overwhelming emotions. 42 For those newly diagnosed with acute leukemia who face overwhelming emotions resulting from the main stressors, meditation could reduce involuntary experiential avoidance, with more open and neutral attitude to examine the distressful recollections, which could assist patients in building a correct perception of illness and promote adaptation reaction.…”

Complication Is Inevitable, but Suffering is Optional—Psychological Aspects of Dealing with Complications in Surgery

“…The practice of mindfulness and meditation is one proven technique that can help surgeons achieve a state of equanimity while improving their capacity for situational awareness and concentration. [71][72][73] Surgeons with clear situational awareness also better know when to seek opinions from colleagues or transfer care to other surgeons if they cannot continue to provide unbiased or sufficient care. Ethical principles: Surgeons choose which coping strategies they use based on the interaction between their understanding of the events and their awareness of the situation.…”

Emotion Self-Regulation in Neurotic Students: A Pilot Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Assess Its Effectiveness through Brain Signals and Behavioral Data

“…The spectral analysis of EEG signals, which corresponds to the signal characterization in the frequency domain, was mostly used in the early studies on meditation. Among the brain waves, the alpha, theta, and beta waves have been recognized as important brain activity correlates of mindful awareness or, in short, neural correlates of mindfulness [ 29 , 30 , 61 ]. A substantive line of research has detected increased activity in the alpha and theta frequency ranges during mindfulness meditation and in the resting state following meditation (for a review, see [ 30 , 61 ]).…”

“…In recent years, more and more studies have used objective measurement tools to complement psychometric analysis in order to better evaluate the effect of intervention training in neurotics [ 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Many studies were carried out to explore the unique psychological and neural processes involved in mindfulness practice based on other tools such as electroencephalogram (EEG) [ 28 , 29 , 30 ], functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) [ 28 ], and electrodermograph [ 29 ], to name a few. It is also implicit that students can use technology to enhance their life quality through evaluating the impact of mindfulness practice.…”