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Cognitive-Affective Neural Plasticity following Active-Controlled Mindfulness Intervention
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Mindfulness meditation is a set of attention-based, regulatory, and self-inquiry training regimes. Although the impact of mindfulness training (MT) on self-regulation is well established, the neural mechanisms supporting such plasticity are poorly understood. MT is thought to act through interoceptive salience and attentional control mechanisms, but until now conflicting evidence from behavioral and neural measures renders difficult distinguishing their respective roles. To resolve this question we conducted a fully randomized 6 week longitudinal trial of MT, explicitly controlling for cognitive and treatment effects with an active-control group. We measured behavioral metacognition and whole-brain blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signals using functional MRI during an affective Stroop task before and after intervention in healthy human subjects. Although both groups improved significantly on a response-inhibition task, only the MT group showed reduced affective Stroop conflict. Moreover, the MT group displayed greater dorsolateral prefrontal cortex responses during executive processing, consistent with increased recruitment of top-down mechanisms to resolve conflict. In contrast, we did not observe overall group-by-time interactions on negative affect-related reaction times or BOLD responses. However, only participants with the greatest amount of MT practice showed improvements in response inhibition and increased recruitment of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, and right anterior insula during negative valence processing. Our findings highlight the importance of active control in MT research, indicate unique neural mechanisms for progressive stages of mindfulness training, and suggest that optimal application of MT may differ depending on context, contrary to a one-size-fits-all approach.
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“As reviewed by Britton et al. [25], similar findings of increased activation in neural areas related to tonic alertness have been observed in additional studies on Vipassana (e.g., [107, 108]), Mindfulness (e.g., [109]), and Zen meditation (e.g., [110, 111]).”
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“Compared to non-meditators, healthy volunteers who had followed a meditation training course for 6–8 weeks performed better on a Stroop task (Allen et al 2012, Moore & Malinowski 2009, Teper & Inzlicht 2013), the Hayling task (Heeren et al 2009), and response inhibition tasks (Sahdra et al 2011).”
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“Buddhist meditation practices have been found to be associated with increased activity in the DLPFC, both during meditation45,65,76–79 and during tasks,67,70,80,81 as well as larger frontal gray matter volumes.66,82,83”
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“In a longitudinal mindfulness training versus active control, greater dorsolateral PFC activation during emotional Stroop executive processing was detected [22].”
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“Nevertheless, the greater amount of mindfulness practice predicted increased activation of bilateral dACC, right AI, and MPFC during implicit negative emotional processing”
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“Despite both groups improving significantly in a response inhibition task, only the MBI group showed reduced emotional interference under an affective Stroop conflict resolution paradigm (a task known to activate implicit emotion regulation processes).”
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Functional connectivity changes in meditators and novices during yoga nidra practice
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“Meditative practices affect the activity in the DMN, especially in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) 47 , and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) 48 , and are associated with anxiety relief 47 , emotional stability 49 , and reduced mind wandering 50 .”
Affective Neural Mechanisms of a Parenting-Focused Mindfulness Intervention
Turpyn, C. C., Chaplin, T. M., Fischer, S. F., Thompson, J. C., Fedota, J. R., Baer, R. A., & Martelli, A. M. (2019) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-019-01118-6 · Cited by 25
Effects of short‐term mindfulness‐based training on executive function: Divergent but promising
Zhou, H., Liu, H., & Yun-long, D. (2020) · Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · doi:10.1002/cpp.2453 · Cited by 27
Kirk, U., Staiano, W., Hu, E., Ngnoumen, C., Kunkle, S., Shih, E., Clausel, A., Purvis, C., & Lee, L. (2023) · JMIR mHealth and uHealth · doi:10.2196/47371 · Cited by 22
“Audiobooks have been used previously as active control for mindfulness in several studies [82-86].”
MethodGuendelman, S., Bayer, M., Prehn, K., & Dziobek, I. (2022) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119059 · Cited by 24
“Although previous studies have shown a positive relationship between brain changes and home practice (80,82), our finding is in line with a previous study”
ResultSocial and Affective Neuroscience of Everyday Human Interaction
Boggio, P. S., Wingenbach, T. S. H., Coêlho, M. L. D. S., Comfort, W. E., Marques, L. M., & Alves, M. V. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-08651-9 · Cited by 23
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Slattery, J., MacFabe, D., Kahler, S., & Frye, R. (2016) · Current Pharmaceutical Design · doi:10.2174/1381612822666160905123953 · Cited by 20
“Although there have been studies that show that meditation can alter inflammation, gene expression, and enhance neuroplasticity [174-179], studies on the effect of mediation on the microbiome and ASD risk in the offspring has not been evaluated.”
BackgroundMaddock, A., Hevey, D., D’Alton, P., & Kirby, B. (2020) · Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings · doi:10.1007/s10880-019-09686-4 · Cited by 19
Smartphone Use and Mindfulness: Empirical Tests of a Hypothesized Connection
Woodlief, D. T., Taylor, S. G., Fuller, M., Malone, P. S., & Zarrett, N. R. (2024) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-024-02349-y · Cited by 20
“Self-report data (Khoury et al., 2013), objective measures of mindfulness components (Allen et al., 2012; Anderson et al., 2007; Wenk-Sormaz, 2005; Zanesco et al., 2013), and neurological studies (Grant et al., 2010; Hölzel et al., 2011; Lazar et al., 2005; Tang et al., 2010; Van Veen & Carter,…”
The Brain That Longs to Care for Itself: The Current Neuroscience of Self-Compassion
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McClintock, C. H., Worhunsky, P. D., Xu, J., Balodis, I. M., Sinha, R., Miller, L., & Potenza, M. N. (2019) · Journal of Behavioral Addictions · doi:10.1556/2006.8.2019.71 · Cited by 21
“Other areas related to executive attention like the dorsolateral and ventrolateral prefrontal cortices have also been implicated in meditative practices (Allen et al., 2012; Hölzel et al., 2013).”
BackgroundResultInfluentialMeditation focused on self-observation of the body impairs metacognitive efficiency
Schmidt, C., Gabriel Reyes, M., Barrientos, M., Langer, A. I., & Sackur, J. (2019) · Consciousness and Cognition · doi:10.1016/j.concog.2019.03.001 · Cited by 21
“…2015) suggest greater activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) after 6 weeks of training (Allen et al., 2012); greater activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) after 1month of training (Tang et al., 2010) and 1 year of experience in…”
Gasnier, M., Pélissolo, A., Bondolfi, G., Pelissolo, S., Tomba, M., Mallet, L., & N’Diaye, K. (2016) · L Encéphale · doi:10.1016/j.encep.2016.10.004 · Cited by 19
Meditation treatment of Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment
Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, T., Cao, L., You, Y., Zhang, C., Liu, X., & Zhang, Q. (2020) · Medicine · doi:10.1097/md.0000000000019313 · Cited by 18
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Patsenko, E. G., Adluru, N., Birn, R. M., Stodola, D. E., Kral, T. R. A., Farajian, R., Flook, L., Burghy, C. A., Steinkuehler, C. A., & Davidson, R. J. (2019) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53393-x · Cited by 21
There Is More to Mindfulness Than Emotion Regulation: A Study on Brain Structural Networks
Baltruschat, S., Cándido, A., Maldonado, A., Verdejo-Lucas, C., Catena-Verdejo, E., & Catena, A. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.659403 · Cited by 20
Saarinen, A., Hintsanen, M., Vahlberg, T., Hankonen, N., & Volanen, S. (2022) · Journal of Adolescence · doi:10.1002/jad.12011 · Cited by 17
Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation vs Placebo for Fibromyalgia
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Task MRI-Based Functional Brain Network of Anxiety
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An integrative framework for the mechanisms underlying mindfulness-induced cognitive change
Cásedas, L., Schooler, J. W., Vadillo, M. A., & Lupiáñez, J. (2024) · Nature Reviews Psychology · doi:10.1038/s44159-024-00374-1 · Cited by 19
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“Allen et al., 2012; de Frias & Whyne, 2014; Desrosiers et al., 2013; Gu, Strauss, Bond, & Cavanagh, 2015; Khoury, Sharma, Rush, & Fournier, 2015; Mrazek et al., 2013; Prakash, Hussain, & Schirda, 2015). There is also results in several studies suggesting that participants show improvement in perceived ability to shift…”
BackgroundInfluentialLin, Y., Gloe, L. M., Louis, C. C., Eckerle, W. D., Fisher, M. E., & Moser, J. S. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71122-7 · Cited by 18
Zhu, Y., Sun, F., Li, C., Chow, D. H. K., & Wang, K. (2020) · PubMed Central · Cited by 16
Mindfulness as an Intervention for ADHD
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O uso de plantas medicinais e a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de pacientes com câncer
Pereira, A. R. A. (2022) · Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (Universidade de São Paulo) · doi:10.11606/t.22.2022.tde-18082022-094229 · Cited by 17
A Mini-Review of Work Stress and Mindfulness: A Neuropsychological Point of View
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Mindfulness Induces Changes in Anterior Alpha Asymmetry in Healthy Older Adults
Isbel, B., Lagopoulos, J., Hermens, D. F., & Summers, M. J. (2019) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-019-01106-w · Cited by 15
Meditators Probably Show Increased Behaviour-Monitoring Related Neural Activity
Bailey, N. W., Geddes, H., Zannettino, I., Humble, G., Payne, J., Baell, O., Emonson, M., Chung, S. W., Hill, A. T., Rogasch, N. C., et al. (2023) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-022-02052-w · Cited by 12
“Functional brain imaging has shown increased activity in areas associated with these functions, such as the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and insula (Allen et al., 2012; Tang et al., 2010; Tomasino & Fabbro, 2016; Xue et al., 2011, Falcone & Jerram, 2018).”
BackgroundNeurobiology of Trauma and Mindfulness for Children
Iacona, J., & Johnson, S. (2018) · Journal of Trauma Nursing · doi:10.1097/jtn.0000000000000365 · Cited by 21
A longitudinal, randomized and controlled study of app-delivered mindfulness in the workplace
Emory University, & Mascaro, J. (2020) · Journal of Wellness · doi:10.18297/jwellness/vol2/iss1/4 · Cited by 12
“This research gap is of great interest given a wealth of research indicating that the effects of mindfulness are reliant on and commensurate with time spent practicing [21-26].”
BackgroundBabiy, Z., Frey, B. N., Bieling, P., McCabe, R. E., & Green, S. M. (2025) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-025-02549-0 · Cited by 14
“Across two databases, a total of 1337 records were identified after duplicates had been removed and 31 studies were eligible for our review (Allen et al., 2012; Bauer et al., 2019; Bremner et al., 2017; Cernasov et al., 2021; Chou et al., 2022; Datko et al., 2022; Farb et al., 2013; Gan et al.,…”
InfluentialDumontheil, I., Lyons, K. E., Russell, T. A., & Zelazo, P. D. (2023) · Journal of Adolescence · doi:10.1002/jad.12107 · Cited by 14
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Dispositional mindfulness: Dissociable affective and cognitive processes
Tsai, N., Treves, I. N., Bauer, C. C. C., Scherer, E., Caballero, C., West, M. R., & Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2024) · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review · doi:10.3758/s13423-024-02462-y · Cited by 18
“Mindfulness-training enhancement in cognition has been associated with greater activation in PFC areas during inhibitory control (Allen et al., 2012) and lesser resting-state functional connectivity (or greater anti-cor-relation) between the central executive network (CEN) and the default mode…”
BackgroundFu, Y., Song, Y., Li, Y., Sánchez-Vidaña, D. I., Zhang, J., Lau, W. K., Tan, D. G. H., Ngai, S. P. C., & Lau, B. W.-M. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-71213-9 · Cited by 25
“This observation is in line with previous research findings 45,94,95 .”
ResultGiulietti, M. V., Spatuzzi, R., Fabbietti, P., & Vespa, A. (2023) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci13030484 · Cited by 17
“On other hand, we also suggest that the poor effectiveness of mere cognitive training, with little transfer effects in daily life, as reported in the existing scientific literature, could be due to the fact that it does not address the emotional dimension and, thus, does not lead to emotional-affective rebalancing [30…”
BackgroundSun, S., Sheridan, M. A., Tyrka, A. R., Donofry, S. D., Erickson, K. I., & Loucks, E. B. (2022) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104526 · Cited by 16
A mindful approach to controlling intrusive thoughts
Ashton, S. M., Sambeth, A., & Quaedflieg, C. W. E. M. (2023) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37447-9 · Cited by 16
Metadata
- Authors
- Allen, M., Dietz, M., Blair, K. S., van Beek, M., Rees, G., Vestergaard-Poulsen, P., Lutz, A., & Roepstorff, A.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 2012-10-31
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 44
- Pages
- 15601-15610
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC4569704
- OpenAlex
- W2087111889
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 26.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (091593, 082334)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (P01AT004952)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- mindfulness meditation, neuroplasticity, active control, response inhibition, attentional control, metacognition, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, anterior insula, self-regulation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Attention, Awareness, Cognition, Emotions, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Longitudinal Studies, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Neuronal Plasticity, Oxygen, Patient Compliance, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance, Relaxation Therapy, Meditation, Young Adult, Stroop Test
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