Investigating mindfulness influences on cognitive function: On the promise and potential of converging research strategies

Y Lin, R Tang, TS Braver - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2022 - Springer
Research investigating the effects and underlying mechanisms of mindfulness on cognitive
functioning has accelerated exponentially over the past two decades. Despite the rapid …

Negatively biased cognition as a mechanism of mindfulness: a review of the literature

CG Ford, LG Kiken, I Haliwa, NJ Shook - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Mindfulness-based interventions are efficacious in reducing depression and anxiety
symptoms, but mechanisms underlying these benefits have not been fully elucidated. Based …

[HTML][HTML] How do mindfulness and compassion programs improve mental health and well-being? The role of attentional processing of emotional information

P Roca, C Vazquez, G Diez, RJ McNally - Journal of Behavior Therapy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Although the benefits of Meditation-Based Programs are well
documented, the mechanisms underlying these benefits have not been fully elucidated …

The impact of compassion meditation training on psychological variables: a network perspective

P Roca, G Diez, RJ McNally, C Vazquez - Mindfulness, 2021 - Springer
Objectives We aimed to examine how a standardized compassion meditation program
would induce changes in the patterns of interactions among psychological variables …

Epigenetic, psychological, and EEG changes after a 1-week retreat based on mindfulness and compassion for stress reduction in healthy adults: Study protocol of a …

GG Diez, I Martin-Subero, RM Zangri, M Kulis… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The main objective of the study will be to evaluate the effects of two widely used
standardized mindfulness-based programs [Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) …

Psychological Changes Following MBSR and CCT Interventions in a Brief and Intensive Retreat Format: A Sequential Randomized Crossover Study

RM Zangri, P Roca, I Blanco, M Kulis, GG Diez… - Mindfulness, 2024 - Springer
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the effects of two meditation-based programs,
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) …

Unlocking the past: efficacy of guided self-compassion and benefit-focused online interventions for managing negative personal memories

RM Zangri, I Blanco, T Pascual… - Cognition and Emotion, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Positive reappraisal strategies have been found to reduce negative affect following the recall
of negative personal events. This study examined the restorative effect of two mood-repair …

Brief meditation trainings improve performance in the emotional attentional blink

P Roca, C Vazquez - Mindfulness, 2020 - Springer
Objectives To efficiently handle the continuous flow of information to which the attentional
system is exposed, humans are equipped with filters like the attentional blink (ie, a failure to …

Trait mindfulness and attention to emotional information: An eye tracking study

MA Kraines, LJA Kelberer, CPK Marks… - Consciousness and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biased attention for emotional information is associated with the emotional disorders. Trait
mindfulness is associated with lower depression and anxiety and with improved attentional …

The mindful gaze: trait mindful people under an instructed emotion regulation goal selectively attend to positive stimuli

H Raila, A Bouwer, CA Moran, ET Kneeland… - Cognition and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Trait mindfulness confers emotional benefits and encourages skillful emotion regulation, in
part because it helps people more deliberately attend to internal experiences and external …