Mindfulness and Brain Structure Flashcards
1
Q
What are the limitations of current mindfulness research?
A
Lack of longitudinal studies
Differing years of mindfulness experience
Differing mindfulness practices
Many cofounders: education and lifestyle
Lack of casual evidence
2
Q
What did Singer and Engert find out about differing types of meditation?
A
That’s differing meditations effect the brain in different ways.
Presence: prefrontal cortex
Attention control
Affective: insular cortex- empathy and emotional regulation
Perspective: temporal lobe-ToM
3
Q
What does Fox et al’s meta analysis tell us about the importance of experience in meditation?
A
That the length of time and brain changes are non-linear. Short interventions had as good effects as long ones.
