mindfulness

Question 1

Meditation

Answer 1

form of mental training -improves psychological capacities e.g., attention + emotion regulation

Question 2

what are the 4 different types of medication?

Answer 2

.mindfulness meditation
2.mantra meditation
3.yoga
4.tai chi

Question 3

what are the three different types of mindfulness therapies?

Answer 3

1.MBSR
2.MBCT
3.ABBT

Question 4

MBSR

Answer 4

mindfulness based stress reduction- Jon Kabat-Zinn-targets internal experience e.g sensations and thoughts

Question 5

MBCT

Answer 5

mindfulness based cognitive therapy-reduce cognitive reactivity

Question 6

ABBT

Answer 6

acceptance based behavioural therapy

Question 7

what are the 2 methods used in therapy?

Answer 7

1.focused attention-breath works- focusing attention on the present moment
2.openly monitoring experience e.g., going for a walk -experiencing what happens to you

Question 8

what are 2 sensations that are helped with mindfulness?

Answer 8

1.heart beating
2.sweaty palms

Question 9

what is the limbic system for?

Answer 9

network responsible for controlling our emotions

Question 10

what is the amygdala responsible for?

Answer 10

responsible for flight + fight response, these are feeling driven actions

Question 11

what is the hippocampus important for?

Answer 11

important of memory and remembering

Question 12

what will meditation do to the brain?

Answer 12

change the brain structure

Question 13

what measures attention?

Answer 13

attentional network test

Question 14

what is the attentional network test?

Answer 14

where people are told to signal where they see certain things happening. The attention network test is based on seeing how to attention is changing.

Question 15

what does the attention network to do attention?

Answer 15

improved with 5 days of 20mins helps with memory, learning

Question 16

what does the attention network do to the awareness?

Answer 16

self-awareness- detaching yourself from an experience, how someone’s sees themselves in a situation

Question 17

what does the attention network do to the emotion regulation

Answer 17

stressful stimuli-cortisol increases, reducing cortisol will reduce apoptosis and number of neurones

Question 18

what part of the brain does attention control impact?

Answer 18

anterior cingular cortex and the striatum

Question 19

what part of the brain does emotion regulation impact?

Answer 19

multiple prefrontal regions, limbic system and the striatum

Question 20

what part of the brain does self awareness impact of the brain?

Answer 20

the insula, medial prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate cortex

Question 21

2 ways neuroplasticity affecting the ability of the brain?

Answer 21

1.form and reorganize synaptic connections
2.in response to learning or experience or following injury.