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Neural correlates of focused attention during a brief mindfulness induction

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Dickenson, Janna, Berkman, Elliot T., Arch, Joanna, Lieberman, Matthew D.·2013·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Mindfulness meditation-the practice of attending to present moment experience and allowing emotions and thoughts to pass without judgment-has shown to be beneficial in clinical populations across diverse outcomes. However, the basic neural mechanisms by which mindfulness operates and relates to everyday outcomes in novices remain unexplored. Focused attention is a common mindfulness induction where practitioners focus on specific physical sensations, typically the breath. The present study explores the neural mechanisms of this common mindfulness induction among novice practitioners. Healthy novice participants completed a brief task with both mindful attention [focused breathing (FB)] and control (unfocused attention) conditions during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Relative to the control condition, FB recruited an attention network including parietal and prefrontal structures and trait-level mindfulness during this comparison also correlated with parietal activation. Results suggest that the neural mechanisms of a brief mindfulness induction are related to attention processes in novices and that trait mindfulness positively moderates this activation.

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Authors
Dickenson, J., Berkman, E. T., Arch, J., & Lieberman, M. D.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Published
2012-03-28
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
40-47
ISSN
  • 1749-5016 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-5024
OpenAlex
W2154083670
Cited by
224
References
69
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FWCI
18.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (F31DA024904)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
mindfulness meditation, focused attention, novice practitioners, trait mindfulness, attentional networks, parietal cortex, prefrontal cortex, neural correlates
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Attention, Awareness, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reference Values, Pulmonary Ventilation, Meditation

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