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Asked 4th Jun, 2013

University of California, Riverside

Mindfulness Training & Long-Term Memory: A Direct Link?

Would you happen to know of any research linking mindfulness training with improvements in long-term memory (recall and/or recognition tasks)? I'm looking to see if have have been any studies directly establishing a link between MTL structures (esp hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus) and mindfulness training outcomes. Most literature seems to be focused on frontal-lobe/prefrontal regions.

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2nd Jul, 2013

Kevanne Sanger

Staffordshire University

Hi Alex,

There's been some research looking at depression patients and hippocampul improvements, that might be a place to start? But I think that most of the known improvements are frontal, the hippocampus development I think is more due to a reduction in stress.

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11th Jul, 2013

A Alex Yarijanian

University of California, Riverside

Thank you Kevanne---my research confirms your suggestions.

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25th Oct, 2014

Angela Cartland

Hi Alex,

Not sure if it is of interest to you, but there are studies showing a strong link between mindfulness training and working memory capacity, especially in high stress contexts. See for example Jha, Stanley, Kiyonaga, Wong, and Gelfand (2010) "Examining the protective effects of mindfulness training on working memory capacity and affective experience", Emotion, 10, 51-64. Perhaps in very stressful contexts, working memory capacity could mediate the effects of mindfulness training on long term memory by reducing the effects of stress on the hippocampus (as mentioned above) and also by improving attention/encoding. It may be of interest that the participants in the cited study were undergoing rigorous and stressful boot camp style military training and that the control group suffered a reduction in working memory capacity during the period of the study, while the mindfulness group maintained or even improved their Ospan scores.

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Asked 25th Jan, 2019

Brasse Sandrine

Hello,

I am writing my thesis on the effects of mindfulness meditation on reading in dyslexic children and I am looking for research on how reading works in the brain (what areas of the brain are activated, what mechanisms are involved...) that I would like to relate to the areas of the brain that are activated during meditation.

I know that now, thanks to neuroimaging, we have more accurate data but I can't find any solid documents on it.

Thank you for reading my message and I hope to find answers here.

Good continuation in your work and research.

Sandrine BRASSE

Bonjour,

Je fais mon mémoire sur les effets de la méditation de pleine conscience sur la lecture des enfants dyslexiques et je cherche des recherches sur le fonctionnement de la lecture dans le cerveau (quelles zones du cerveau sont activées, quels mécanismes sont mis en jeu ...) que j'aimerais mettre en relation avec les zones du cerveau qui sont activées pendant la méditation.

je sais que maintenant, grâce à la neuro imagerie, nous avons des données plus précises mais je ne trouvent pas de documents solides là dessus.

Merci d'avoir lu mon message et j'espère trouver ici des réponses.

Bonne continuation dans vos travaux et vos recherches.

Sandrine BRASSE

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Asked 16th Feb, 2021

Chad E. Brack

I’m a student of philosophy and religious studies. I’m also someone who practices mindfulness techniques to deal with stress and the effects of some permanent physical injuries. I’ve been impressed by how mindfulness has improved my life, and I’m interested in learning more about its history, how it works, and how it affects others. As part of a research project, I’m asking mindfulness practitioners some basic questions about their relationship with mindfulness to better understand how people use, understand, and benefit from their practice.

If you’re interested in participating, please complete my short survey and feel free to pass it along to others. It only takes about 3 minutes since it consists of just 3 demographics questions and 4 questions about mindfulness. It is 100% anonymous and will not ask for any contact information. The survey closes at 5PM EST on April 2nd, 2021.

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Mary Palasi

Hello Deep Thinkers,

Would like to invite you to become involved in a discussion related to my research on wage-earners/blue-collar workers and their avoidance of Mind-Body Practices (i.e., yoga and meditation) to manage stress. More specifically, why are wage-earners so under-engaged in meditation and/or yoga for stress relief in or out of the workplace, in-spite of re-enforcing positive health literature on Mind-Body Interventions?

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Asked 26th Feb, 2015

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Hi there,

I'm looking for EEG datasets recorded during mindfulness meditation (or other kind of meditation). I'm interest especially in spectral analysis. Do you know some resource where I can obtain datasets mentioned above?

Thanks,

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