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Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review
Psychological stressors can lead to distress and result in autonomic arousal and activation of a stress response. Ongoing or persistent stress can disrupt the stress response feedback mechanisms and result in elevated cortisol and pro-inflammatory cytokines which can cause damage to brain regions in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100037 |
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author | Pascoe, Michaela C. de Manincor, Michael Tseberja, Jana Hallgren, Mats Baldwin, Peter A. Parker, Alexandra G. |
author_facet | Pascoe, Michaela C. de Manincor, Michael Tseberja, Jana Hallgren, Mats Baldwin, Peter A. Parker, Alexandra G. |
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description | Psychological stressors can lead to distress and result in autonomic arousal and activation of a stress response. Ongoing or persistent stress can disrupt the stress response feedback mechanisms and result in elevated cortisol and pro-inflammatory cytokines which can cause damage to brain regions involved in the regulation of mood and emotion. We propose that the magnitude of the stress response experienced in response to psychological stressors depends on a number of modifiable psychological processes including an individual’s level of self-compassion, dispositional mindfulness, tendency to ruminate and attentional bias. We further propose that the stress response elected by psychological stressors can be meditated by influencing these modifiable psychological processes, and that meditation practices can decrease stress and improve mood by decreasing stress reactivity on a psychological, physiological and neurobiological level. We explore this in a narrative review. |
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spelling | pubmed-92164502022-06-24 Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review Pascoe, Michaela C. de Manincor, Michael Tseberja, Jana Hallgren, Mats Baldwin, Peter A. Parker, Alexandra G. Compr Psychoneuroendocrinol Review Psychological stressors can lead to distress and result in autonomic arousal and activation of a stress response. Ongoing or persistent stress can disrupt the stress response feedback mechanisms and result in elevated cortisol and pro-inflammatory cytokines which can cause damage to brain regions involved in the regulation of mood and emotion. We propose that the magnitude of the stress response experienced in response to psychological stressors depends on a number of modifiable psychological processes including an individual’s level of self-compassion, dispositional mindfulness, tendency to ruminate and attentional bias. We further propose that the stress response elected by psychological stressors can be meditated by influencing these modifiable psychological processes, and that meditation practices can decrease stress and improve mood by decreasing stress reactivity on a psychological, physiological and neurobiological level. We explore this in a narrative review. Elsevier 2021-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9216450/ /pubmed/35757358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100037 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Pascoe, Michaela C. de Manincor, Michael Tseberja, Jana Hallgren, Mats Baldwin, Peter A. Parker, Alexandra G. Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review |
title | Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review |
title_full | Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review |
title_fullStr | Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review |
title_short | Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: A narrative review |
title_sort | psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: a narrative review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100037 |
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