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Cognitive Effect Following a Blended (Face to Face and Videoconference-Delivered) Format Mindfulness Training

While evidence supports the feasibility of online mindfulness training (MT), the effect of this approach on cognition remains unclear. The present study investigated changes in cognition following a newly developed 6-week videoconference-delivered MT program on cognitive function in two groups. The...

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Autores principales: Wang, Grace Y., Taylor, Tamasin, Sumich, Alexander, Krägeloh, Chris, Lee, Carol Qinglian, Siegert, Richard J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8360837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34393937
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701459
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author Wang, Grace Y.
Taylor, Tamasin
Sumich, Alexander
Krägeloh, Chris
Lee, Carol Qinglian
Siegert, Richard J.
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description While evidence supports the feasibility of online mindfulness training (MT), the effect of this approach on cognition remains unclear. The present study investigated changes in cognition following a newly developed 6-week videoconference-delivered MT program on cognitive function in two groups. The first group (n = 17) had two baseline assessments prior to MT [3 weeks after group two (n = 15)] to allow for evaluation of practice and learning effects. Four participants from each group were excluded from the final analysis due to missing data. Following MT, there was an improvement in switching of attention, working memory, executive function, and social cognition, but some of these effects were not easily accounted for by learning or practice effects. No significant changes were found on tasks measuring sustained attention, cognitive flexibility and inhibition, information processing, and sensory-motor function. Our findings suggest that domain-specific cognition might be enhanced by a brief videoconference-delivered MT, and larger, controlled studies to delineate the effects of online MT on subdomains of cognition are needed.
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spelling pubmed-83608372021-08-14 Cognitive Effect Following a Blended (Face to Face and Videoconference-Delivered) Format Mindfulness Training Wang, Grace Y. Taylor, Tamasin Sumich, Alexander Krägeloh, Chris Lee, Carol Qinglian Siegert, Richard J. Front Psychol Psychology While evidence supports the feasibility of online mindfulness training (MT), the effect of this approach on cognition remains unclear. The present study investigated changes in cognition following a newly developed 6-week videoconference-delivered MT program on cognitive function in two groups. The first group (n = 17) had two baseline assessments prior to MT [3 weeks after group two (n = 15)] to allow for evaluation of practice and learning effects. Four participants from each group were excluded from the final analysis due to missing data. Following MT, there was an improvement in switching of attention, working memory, executive function, and social cognition, but some of these effects were not easily accounted for by learning or practice effects. No significant changes were found on tasks measuring sustained attention, cognitive flexibility and inhibition, information processing, and sensory-motor function. Our findings suggest that domain-specific cognition might be enhanced by a brief videoconference-delivered MT, and larger, controlled studies to delineate the effects of online MT on subdomains of cognition are needed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8360837/ /pubmed/34393937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701459 Text en Copyright © 2021 Wang, Taylor, Sumich, Krägeloh, Lee and Siegert. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Cognitive Effect Following a Blended (Face to Face and Videoconference-Delivered) Format Mindfulness Training
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8360837/
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