The neural substrates of mindfulness: An fMRI investigation

Ives‐Deliperi, Victoria; Solms, Mark; Meintjes, Ernesta M.

doi:10.1080/17470919.2010.513495

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“…This suggests an increased awareness of internal state (87) . In another study, fMRI results showed reduced activation in the insula (88) which is the part of the cerebral cortex implicated in self-awareness and perception and hence is linked with interoceptive awareness.…”

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A structured literature review on the role of mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in changing eating behaviours: effectiveness and associated potential mechanisms

Warren¹,

2017

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The role of mindfulness, mindful eating and a newer concept of intuitive eating in modulating eating habits is an area of increasing interest. In this structured literature review, a summary of the current evidence is presented, together with details of interventions undertaken and the tools to measure outcomes. It is broad in scope given the emerging evidence base in this area. The review yielded sixty-eight publications: twenty-three interventions in obese/overweight populations; twenty-nine interventions in normal-weight populations; sixteen observational studies, three of which were carried out in overweight/obese populations. Mindfulness-based approaches appear most effective in addressing binge eating, emotional eating and eating in response to external cues. There is a lack of compelling evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness and mindful eating in weight management. Mindfulness-based approaches may prevent weight gain. Reduced food intake was seen in some of the studies in overweight and obese populations, but this was less apparent in the studies in normal-weight populations. The evidence base for intuitive eating is limited to date and further research is needed to examine its potential in altering eating behaviours. Mindfulness appears to work by an increased awareness of internal, rather than external, cues to eat. Mindfulness and mindful eating have the potential to address problematic eating behaviours and the challenges many face with controlling their food intake. Encouraging a mindful eating approach would seem to be a positive message to be included in general weight management advice to the public.

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A structured literature review on the role of mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in changing eating behaviours: effectiveness and associated potential mechanisms

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2017

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“…Another body of research examined functional neural differences between mindfulness practitioners with significant meditation experience (i.e., several years of daily practice) and meditation naïve controls matched on variables such as age, sex, education, and handedness (Brewer et al, 2011;Hölzel et al, 2007;Ives-Deliperi, Solms, & Meintjes, 2011;Taylor et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2011). One study compared neural processing of emotionally evocative images in meditation naïve participants and meditators with over 1,000 hours of zen meditation experience under mindful viewing instruction and no instruction conditions (Taylor et al, 2011).…”

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The Emerging Neurobiology of Mindfulness and Emotion Processing

Sayers

Creswell

Taren

2015

Handbook of Mindfulness and Self-Regulation

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Mindfulness is associated with reduced negative affective states, increased positive affective states, and reduced clinical affective symptomatology (e.g., depression, anxiety) in previous studies. This chapter examines an emerging body of fMRI and EEG research exploring how mindfulness alters neurobiological emotion processing systems. We examine how dispositional (trait) mindfulness and how adopting a mindful attentional stance (after varying levels of mindfulness training) relate to changes in neural responses to affective stimuli.Evidence suggests mindfulness-related changes in a ventral affective processing network associated with core affect, a dorsal processing network associated with making attributions and appraisals of one's affective experience, and regulatory networks involved in modulating affective processes. These neural effects may underlie the previously observed relationships between mindfulness and changes in reported emotion processing and reactivity. Findings are discussed in light of existing neurobiological models of emotion and we describe important questions for the field in the coming years. NEUROBIOLOGY OF MINDFULNESS AND EMOTION PROCESSING 2 The Emerging Neurobiology of Mindfulness and Emotion ProcessingAn emerging body of research suggests that mindfulness is associated with self-reported and clinically relevant changes in emotion processing. Self-report measures of dispositional mindfulness are associated with reduced negative affective states and positively associated with positive affective states and traits (Brown, Ryan, & Creswell, 2007). Moreover, mindfulnessbased interventions reduce depressive symptomatology and depression-relapse in at-risk patients (Hofmann, Sawyer, Witt, & Oh, 2010;Teasdale et al., 2000), anxiety symptoms (Hofmann, Sawyer, Witt, & Oh, 2010; Kabat-Zinn et al., 1992;Roemer, Orsillo, & Salters-Pedneault, 2008), and affective disturbances in chronic pain patients (Grossman, Tiefenthaler-Gilmer, Raysz, & Kesper, 2007;Kabat-Zinn, 1982). This body of work suggests that mindfulness may be associated with changes in emotion processing, and in this chapter we consider the extant mindfulness fMRI and EEG research to better understand how the brain processes affective stimuli in relation to trait mindfulness, while adopting a mindful attentional stance, and after mindfulness training. Neurobiological Models of Mindfulness and Emotion ProcessingNeurobiological models of emotion processing describe a ventral "core affective" system responsible for establishing the threat or reward value of a stimulus, and a more dorsal affect processing system responsible for appraisals and attributions of one's emotional state (Barrett, Mesquita, Ochsner, & Gross, 2007;Phillips, Drevets, Rauch, & Lane, 2003). While regions of affective processing systems overlap somewhat, the ventral system for core affect has been described as including temporal lobe structures (including the amygdala), insula, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and ventromedial prefr...

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“…Specifically, during the practice of mindfulness, taskspecific activation occurs in a constellation of medial structures that subserve reflective function and interoception (e.g., the anterior insula, ACC, medial prefrontal cortex, and bilateral precuneus) (Ives-Deliperi et al 2011). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in subjects with affective and anxiety disorders, as well as in healthy subjects, reveal treatment-related effects of MBCT.…”

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Neural Function Before and After Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Anxious Adolescents at Risk for Developing Bipolar Disorder

Strawn

Cotton

Luberto

et al. 2016

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

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Objective: We sought to evaluate the neurophysiology of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) in youth with generalized, social, and/or separation anxiety disorder who were at risk for developing bipolar disorder. Methods: Nine youth (mean age: 13 -2 years) with a generalized, social, and/or separation anxiety disorder and a parent with bipolar disorder completed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while performing a continuous processing task with emotional and neutral distractors (CPT-END) prior to and following 12 weeks of MBCT-C. Results: MBCT-C was associated with increases in activation of the bilateral insula, lentiform nucleus, and thalamus, as well as the left anterior cingulate while viewing emotional stimuli during the CPT-END, and decreases in anxiety were correlated with change in activation in the bilateral insula and anterior cingulate during the viewing of emotional stimuli ( p < 0.05, uncorrected; p < 0.005 corrected; cluster size, 37 voxels). Conclusions: MBCT-C treatment in anxious youth with a familial history of bipolar disorder is associated with increased activation of brain structures that subserve interoception and the processing of internal stimuli-functions that are ostensibly improved by this treatment.

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The neural substrates of mindfulness: An fMRI investigation

Cited by 155 publications

References 50 publications

A structured literature review on the role of mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in changing eating behaviours: effectiveness and associated potential mechanisms

A structured literature review on the role of mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in changing eating behaviours: effectiveness and associated potential mechanisms

The Emerging Neurobiology of Mindfulness and Emotion Processing

Neural Function Before and After Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Anxious Adolescents at Risk for Developing Bipolar Disorder

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