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Four weeks of meditation training improves sustained attention in community-dwelling older adults: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial.
- Source :
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience; 2024, p01-12, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Introduction: With our rapidly expanding population of older adults, identifying effective intervention strategies to improve cognitive functioning is an increasing priority. This study sought to examine whether 4 weeks of thrice-weekly meditation training can improve attention in older adults, as well as whether such benefits may extend to other domains of cognition as well as mobility. Methods: Forty-three participants (mean age 68 years) were randomized into either the focused attention meditation group or the music listening control group (Clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT03417635). Participants completed three 20- minute guided group sessions per week for four consecutive weeks. Our primary outcome measure was behavioural performance on the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART). Secondary and tertiary outcome measures included event-related potentials (ERPs) during the SART task, measures of executive functioning, and measures of mobility. Results: We found that meditation training significantly improved attention, as demonstrated by improved SART accuracy and changes in N2 ERP amplitude and latency. Discussion: These findings suggest that meditation may lead to changes in attention and underlying cognitive processing in older adults, although a fullscale definitive trial is needed. Future research on the long-term benefits with real world applications is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MUSIC
EXERCISE physiology
SELF-evaluation
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
REPEATED measures design
INDEPENDENT living
TASK performance
T-test (Statistics)
PILOT projects
STATISTICAL sampling
MINDFULNESS
EXECUTIVE function
BLIND experiment
FUNCTIONAL assessment
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
QUESTIONNAIRES
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
CONFIDENCE
CHI-squared test
ATTENTION
MEDITATION
GERIATRIC Depression Scale
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
ANALYSIS of variance
COMPARATIVE studies
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
DATA analysis software
AFFECT (Psychology)
COGNITION
PHYSICAL mobility
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16634365
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176083975
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fragi.2024.1322705