An interventional study of Day of intensive meditation practice and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in Health and Mental Health, sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 25 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-06-05.
Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
This study is focused on the brain mechanisms and peripheral biological correlates of two different forms of meditation--mindfulness-based and compassion/loving-kindness. Project 1 is focused on the impact of compassion/loving-kindness meditation on emotional reactivity and emotion regulation. Project 2 is focused on the neural and behavioral correlates of mindfulness meditation and attention and pain regulation. In addition, Project 2 will examine the relations between changes in oscillatory rhythms during meditation and attention and pain processing. Project 3 will examine the impact of meditation on spontaneous brain activity during sleep. This project will also examine the impact of intensive meditation on regional changes in slow wave activity during subsequent sleep. Each of these projects will be conducted on the same participants so that interrelations among the various measures collected in the different projects can be examined. We believe that this study will dramatically advance the understanding of the mechanisms by which meditation produces changes in behavioral and biological processes.
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Behavioral: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Behavioral: Health Enhancement Program (HEP)
Behavioral: Day of intensive meditation practice
Long-term meditators practice for \~6 hours of meditation at each time point
8-week class designed to enhance well-being through training in mindfulness meditation
Also known as: MBSR
8-week class designed to enhance well-being through training in physical activity, functional movement, music therapy, and nutrition
Also known as: HEP
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